Slave

Slave by John MacArthur takes a look at a little used word in Christian circles. It isn't popular to think of ourselves as a slave, but in fact, the word that is usually translated in the Bible as servant when talking about Christians as servants of Christ. The original word was actually slave. MacArthur looks at the history of slavery in Roman times and what it means to be a slave of Christ. He shows how this is not a derogatory term, but in fact, a status to be treasured. The book is well researched as evidenced by the multiple footnotes. The subject matter is important and thoroughly covered. However, I found this book to be quite academic and very dry in places. The last third of the book is very Calvinist in tone, spending time on the doctrines of predestination and eternal security. Although this book was very thorough and well researched with some interesting sections, I had a hard time getting into it.
I received this book from Thomas Nelson publishers as part of their BookSneeze bookk blogger program. I was not required to write a positive review and all opinions expressed are my own.