Resources from Portraits of Grace

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What is sin, really? What happens when the biblical understanding of guilt disappears from a society? And what is the purpose of conscience—how can you tell if yours is functioning appropriately?

John MacArthur gets to the heart of those questions in his book The Vanishing Conscience: Drawing the Line in a No-Fault, Guilt-Free World. Immersed in a culture that elevates self-esteem (i.e., pride) to the status of a virtue, evangelicalism has spent years imbibing the world’s faulty re-definitions. And the consequences—for individuals, for the church, and for society—could not be more dire. Is there any solution?

Find out why recovering a biblical understanding of sin, guilt, and grace is so vital—and discover the tremendous hope that is yours in Christ.

Throughout Scripture the Lord often uses unlikely men and women to accomplish great things in His name—including many who didn’t initially seem up to the task.

Not everyone is as talented as psalmist and king, David, or as dynamic as the apostle Paul. But our weaknesses aren’t hindrances to God’s purpose or plan—they’re opportunities for us to depend on Him, and for Him to display His power in and through us.

In Twelve Unlikely Heroes, John MacArthur examines men and women who, in spite of their shortcomings and inadequacies, played pivotal roles in God’s kingdom work. All of them were unimpressive, forgettable, or ill equipped in their own ways, but the Lord accomplished mighty things in them and through them just the same. Filled with fascinating insight that add color and life to familiar biblical stories and characters, Twelve Unlikely Heroes will encourage you in your desire and commitment to be a useful vessel in God’s hands.