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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
- McCarthy, James G. (1991). Catholicism: Crisis of Faith (video). Cupertino, California: Lumen Productions. ISBN 9781884833083. OL 25364009M.
- ——— (1991-05-01). Catholicism: Crisis of Faith (The Annotated Transcript of the Video Documentary). Cupertino, California: Lumen Productions. ISBN 9780962915215. OCLC 35818511. OL 8521186M.
- ——— (1995). The Gospel According to Rome: Comparing Catholic Tradition and the Word of God. Foreword by John F. MacArthur. Harvest House. ISBN 9781565071070.
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- ——— (1995-10-15). Roman Catholicism: What You Need to Know. Quick Reference Guides. Harvest House. ISBN 978-1565074293.
- ——— (1996). The Pocket Evangelism Kit. Bend, Oregon: Lumen Productions. ISBN 9781884833052.
- ——— (1996-12-11). El Evangelio Segun Roma [The Gospel According to Rome] (in Spanish). Translated by Dante N. Rosso; Foreword by John F. MacArthur (3rd ed.). Grand Rapids, Michigan: Editorial Portavoz. ISBN 9780825414619.
- ——— (1999). What Every Catholic Should Ask. Harvest House. ISBN 9780736900010.
- ——— (2000-02-01). Lo Que Todo Católico Debe Preguntar [What Every Catholic Should Ask] (in Spanish). Grupo Nelson. ISBN 978-0881135619.
- ——— (2000). Was nicht nur Katholiken wissen wollen [What not only Catholics want to know] (in German). Bielefeld, Germany: de:Christliche Literatur-Verbreitung. ISBN 978-3893974344. OCLC 316286987.
- ——— (2000-09-27). Conversaciones con Católicos [Conversations with Catholics] (in Spanish). Grand Rapids, Michigan: Editorial Portavoz. ISBN 9780825414626.
- ——— (2002). Conversations with Catholics. Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada: Gospel Folio Press. ISBN 9781882701742.
- Waiss, John R.; McCarthy, James G. (2003). Letters Between a Catholic and an Evangelical. Harvest House. ISBN 978-0736909891.
- ——— (2005). Die römisch-katholische Kirche: Fels im Wandel der Zeiten (video) (in German). Hünfeld, Germany: Christlicher Mediendienst. ISBN 978-3-9810173-2-8. OCLC 181553128.
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- ——— (2005-08-15). Talking with Catholic Friends and Family. Harvest House. ISBN 9780736916691.
- ——— (2005-07-04). Im Gespräch mit Katholiken [Talking with Catholic Friends and Family] (PDF) (in German). Translated by Marita and Andreas Lindner. Bielefeld, Germany: de:Christliche Literatur-Verbreitung. ISBN 978-3-89397-976-9.
- ——— (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.
- ——— (2008-10-20). Evangelium enligt Rom [The Gospel According to Rome] (in Swedish). Translated by Tomas Dixon; Foreword by John F. MacArthur. Örebro, Sweden: Gospel Media Sweden. ISBN 9789185853267.
- ——— (2009-11-23). John Calvin Goes to Berkeley. University Christian Fellowship Series. San Jose, California: City Christian Press. ISBN 9780984168101.
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- ——— (2010) [1996]. Das Evangelium nach Rom [The Gospel According to Rome] (PDF) (in German). Translated by Hans-Werner Deppe; Foreword by John F. MacArthur (2nd ed.). Bielefeld, Germany: de:Christliche Literatur-Verbreitung. ISBN 978-3-89397-366-8.
