Christ's Call to Reform the Church: Timeless Demands From the Lord to His People

by John MacArthur

Overview

What does the church need to hear today?

As many have said, the church must always be reforming. It must continually move closer to a truer, more faithful expression of the gospel. The risen Christ’s powerful letters to the seven churches in Revelation are a guide to just that.

Based on John MacArthur’s exposition of these letters, Christ’s Call to Reform the Church is a plea to the modern church to heed these divine warnings, to reform before it succumbs to the kinds of compromise and error that invite God’s judgment.

Christ’s Call to Reform the Church admonishes the church today to learn from the mistakes God’s people have made in the past, rather than commit them again. The Word of God has many benefits, one of which is that it reveals our blind spots. That's what this book does—it shines a light on problems we didn't know we had. May it be embraced by Christians everywhere, spurring them toward the God-honoring, grace-driven work of continued reformation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802495600
Publisher:	Moody Publishers
Publication date:	10/09/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

JOHN MACARTHUR is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California; president of The Master's College and Seminary; and featured teacher for the Grace to You media ministry. Weekly telecasts and daily radio broadcasts of "Grace to You" are seen and heard by millions worldwide. John has also written several bestselling books, including The MacArthur Study Bible, The Gospel According to Jesus, The New Testament Commentary series, Twelve Ordinary Men, and The Truth War. He and his wife, Patricia, have four married children and fifteen grandchildren.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

1 Calling the Church to Repent 15

2 The Lord's Work in His Church 37

3 The Loveless Church: Ephesus 55

4 The Persecuted Church: Smyrna 73

5 The Compromising Church: Pergamum 87

6 The Corrupt Church: Thyatira 103

7 The Dead Church: Sardis 121

8 The Faithful Church: Philadelphia 139

9 The Lukewarm Church: Laodicea 157

10 The Need for a New Reformation 177

Acknowledgements 195

Notes 197