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James Gerald McCarthy (born February 12, 1952) is the founder and director of Good News for Catholics, Inc. A former missionary to Ireland, Jim is producer/director of the video "Catholicism: Crisis of Faith" and author of "The Gospel According to Rome", "Conversations with Catholics", and "What You Need to Know About Roman Catholicism". (from the back cover of "What Every Catholic Should Ask")

Jim McCarthy lives in San Jose, California, with his wife, Jean. He has served with Christian ministries on five campuses, including the University of California, Berkeley, the setting of this book. "John Calvin Goes to Berkeley" is his fourth book and first novel. (from the back cover of "John Calvin Goes to Berkeley")

Born in San Francisco, California. Both parents grew up in Ireland. Jim's parents had 8 children. Jim was the 2nd oldest & oldest son. Raised Irish Catholic. Jim & Jean have three daughters -- Elizabeth, Faith, and Grace.[1][2]

Jim got saved at age 23. [3]

McCarthy says that "[The Bible] is where we as Christians must turn to tell us what is true and false, what is right and wrong, to answer our questions, to settle our disputes, and to judge us when we are in sin."[4]

In 1981, McCarthy founded Good News for Catholics.[5]

Theologian R. K. McGregor Wright, in a review of McCarthy's book The Gospel According to Rome, wrote "This is an unusually helpful and accurate book, and anyone who simply reads it through will get an education in the differences between the biblical Gospel and the 'gospel according to Rome.'"[6]

Peter J. H. Barratt refers to The Gospel According to Rome as "a more 'respectable' anti-Catholic book, which does not deal in the sensationalism of a Dave Hunt (though less 'scholarly' than [William] Webster or [James R.] White)".[7]

McCarthy created the website "Good News for Catholics"[8] containing booklets, articles, excerpts from books, and links to resource materials.[9]

Steve W. Lemke, in his review of McCarthy's novel John Calvin Goes to Berkeley, touts it as

... a creative approach to the Reformed-Arminian debate, which has evoked many one-sided theological treatises but little meaningful dialogue. We often learn more from dialogue than from a monologue, more from a story than a lecture, more from a novel than from a theological treatise. The format of a novel allows us to overhear the debate over Reformed theology as a bystander without feeling pressed by a one-sided author to affirm that position. Overhearing the debate provides the readers with a balanced presentation of multiple sides of the issue, and allows the readers to think through their own positions without feeling defensive.[10]

According to Allan Ruhl, McCarthy wrote John Calvin Goes to Berkeley to attack Calvinism.[11]

In an essay Ephesians 2:8-9 : Is Saving Faith a Gift from God?, McCarthy gives his non-Calvinist explanation of Ephesians 2:8.[12]

Works

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  • McCarthy, James G. (1991). Catholicism: Crisis of Faith (video). Cupertino, California: Lumen Productions. ISBN 9781884833083. OL 25364009M.
  • ——— (2005). Dies ist mein Leib: die Heilige Messe und das Opfer Jesu Christi [This is my body: the Holy Mass and the sacrifice of Jesus Christ] (in German). Christlicher Mediendienst. ISBN 9783981017335. OCLC 181553146.
  • ——— (2006). Fiat lux: Kann eine Handvoll Studenten ein Rätsel lösen, das Theologen seit Jahrhunderten beschäftigt? ; Roman [Let there be light: can a handful of students solve a puzzle that stumped theologians for centuries? (a novel)] (in German). Hünfeld, Germany: Christlicher Mediendienst. ISBN 9783981017380.
  • ——— (2009-11-23). John Calvin Goes to Berkeley. University Christian Fellowship Series. San Jose, California: City Christian Press. ISBN 9780984168101. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-source= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Abbott, Matt C. (2012-10-07). "'Letters Between a Catholic and an Evangelical'". RenewAmerica (prologue of book). There I met his wife, Jean, and their three daughters — Elizabeth, Faith, and Grace.
  2. ^ "Katholiken für Christus gewinnen Teil 01" (MP3). DWG Radio (in English and German). Gundelsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. ^ "Katholiken für Christus gewinnen Teil 02" (MP3). DWG Radio (in English and German). Gundelsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. ^ McCarthy, James G. (2009). "25 Steps to Bible Knowledge" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-10-17. [The Bible] is where we as Christians must turn to tell us what is true and false, what is right and wrong, to answer our questions, to settle our disputes, and to judge us when we are in sin.
  5. ^ Olson, Carl E. (December 2005). "It's in the Cards". Catholic Answers Magazine. 16 (10). Retrieved 2016-10-09. In 1981 he founded Good News for Catholics
  6. ^ Wright, Robert Keith McGregor (Summer 2001). "James G. McCarthy: The Gospel According to Rome". Journal of Biblical Apologetics (book review). 3 (2). Tustin, California: California Biblical University and Seminary: 83–84. ISSN 1938-6397.
  7. ^ Barratt, Peter J. H. (2014-02-24). ABSENTIS: St Peter, the disputed site of his Burial Place and the Apostolic Succession. Xlibris. p. 46. ISBN 9781493168392. a more 'respectable' anti-Catholic book, which does not deal in the sensationalism of a Dave Hunt (though less 'scholarly' than Webster or White), by the ex-Catholic James G. McCarthy
  8. ^ "Good News for Catholics" (website). Archived from the original on 2012-07-12.
  9. ^ Collins, Mary Ann (2004-05-01). Unmasking Catholicism: What Hides Behind The Modern Public Image? (2nd ed.). iUniverse. p. 273. ISBN 9780595316786.
  10. ^ Lemke, Steve W. (Spring 2011). "John Calvin Goes to Berkeley: A Book Review" (PDF). Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry. 8 (1). New Orleans: Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry: 103–105. OCLC 62878193.
  11. ^ Ruhl, Allan (2016-08-06). "A Very Low Tactic: James G. McCarthy On Trial". Truth Without Compromise. Retrieved 2016-10-10. He wrote this book to attack Calvinism
  12. ^ McCarthy, James G. "Ephesians 2:8-9 : Is Saving Faith a Gift from God?" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-10-17. I disagree [with those Calvinists]. In my book John Calvin Goes to Berkeley, I put forth the view that divine election refers to the Father taking those 'in Christ' for Himself.
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