This is John MacArthur's Hard to Believe hardcover book and workbook set. Hard to Believe - The High Cost and Infinite Value of Following Jesus is a hardcover book with the dust jacket. It is in very good condition. There was a pencil mark on page 8 that was erased, no other writing, no tears, dust jacket clean and neat. The Hard to Believe Workbook - Understanding the High Cost and Infinite Value of Following Jesus has not been written in. It has some rolling on the front cover edge and some creases in the cover, otherwise clean.

From the back of the book:

There is no user-friendly, seeker-sensitive Gospel. There is only the Truth. Ministers and teachers who water down the gospel of Christ in order to make it more popular and appealing may be leadning their fun-loving audiences down the road to eternal punishment.

This book is John MacArthur's unflinching, unapologetic treatise on the modern tendency to alter the true message of Christianity in order to meet the whims and desires of a culture hoping for nonconfrontational messages, easy answers, and superficial commitments.

Too many people just want a Madison Avenue Jjesus to make them well, make them happy, and make them prosperous. But Jesus Christ isn't a personal genie. He is the Savior. He died in agony to satisfy the wrath of a holy God and to forgive the sins of humankind. Faith in Him demands a willingness to make any sacrifice He asks. The hard truth about Christianity is that the cost is high, but the rewards are priceless: abundant and eternal life that comes only from faithfully following Christ.

The bottom of the back of the book says: John MacArthur - Unleashing God's Truth, One Verse at a Time.

The book and workbook are from Thomas Nelson Publishers. Book is copyright 2003 and the workbook is copyright 2004.