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so much for impartiality.
But as LH decided to impartially start this thread let's have an impartial comparison of the two guys just mentioned.
John McArthur
Time in Ministry: 42 years
Salary: now about $160,000
Books written: 150+
Worth: About $14-15m
Some of John's Books:
- Twelve Extraordinary Women
- The Jesus You Can't Ignore
- Preaching: How to Preach Biblically
- Parables: The Mysteries of God's Kingdom Revealed Through the Stories Jesus Told
- Sanctification: God's Passion for His People
- Hard to Believe: The High Cost and Infinite Value of Following Jesus
- Worship: The Ultimate Priority
- The Gospel according to Jesus
- The Gospel according to God
- The Gospel according to Paul
- The Gospel according to the Apostles
- The Shepherd as Preacher: Delivering God's Word with Passion and Power
- Ashamed of the Gospel: When the Church Becomes Like the World
- The Upper Room: Jesus' Parting Promises for Troubled Hearts
so John's books are around the Gospel and preaching and Jesus. And look at that one, "Hard to Believe: The High Cost and Infinite Value of Following Jesus". Have you read that? It's only $12 as an e-book. I'll have to get it.
Joel Olsen
Time in Ministry: 22 years
Salary: about $200,000
Books written: 17
Worth: $40-60m (though one site says $100m)
All of Joel's Books:
- Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential (2004)
- Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day (2007)[66]
- Your Best Life Begins Each Morning: Devotions to Start Every Day of the Year (2008)
- Good, Better, Blessed: Living with Purpose, Power and Passion (2008)
- Hope for Today Bible (2009)
- It's Your Time : Activate Your Faith, Achieve Your Dreams, and Increase in God's Favor (2009)[67]
- Living in Favor, Abundance and Joy (2010)
- Every Day a Friday: How to Be Happier 7 Days a Week (2011)[68]
- I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak Over Your Life (2012)
- Break Out!: 5 Keys to Go Beyond Your Barriers and Live an Extraordinary Life (2013)
- You Can, You Will: 8 Undeniable Qualities of a Winner (2014)
- The Power of I Am: Two Words That Will Change Your Life Today (2015)
- Think Better, Live Better: A Victorious Life Begins in Your Mind (2016)
- Blessed in the Darkness: How All Things Are Working for Your Good (2017)
- Next Level Thinking: 10 Powerful Thoughts for a Successful and Abundant Life (2018)
- The Power of Favor: The Force That Will Take You Where You Can't Go on Your Own (2019)
- Empty Out The Negative: Make Room for More Joy, Greater Confidence, and New Levels of Influence (2020)
Joel's books are all about you and how great you can be. They don't seem to quite line up with Jesus' statement that "If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me" do they.
But I'll let you decide which one will help you most as you attempt to draw nearer to Jesus, as you do the good works God has prepared for you, and will get your spirit the best it can be for when you pass into eternity hoping to hear Jesus say "well done good and faithful servant".