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William MacDonald

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William "Bill" MacDonald was an itinerant (OB) preacher, and an author of over 84 books, including Believers Bible Commentary which has been translated into many languages. He served as President of Emmaus Bible College, and never married.

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Birth

Bill was born on Jan. 7, 1917 on Blossom St., in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, a son of William MacDonald and his wife Jessie Morrison MacDonald. The family emigrated from Scotland in 1907. When Bill was three, his father was employed at a piano factory. By 1930, the family was living on Raymond Ave., in Somerville, Middlesex, MA, and William, Sr. was self-employed as a furniture finisher, where he continued the same line of work in 1940, according to censuses.

Bill had an older brother Ian Morrison MacDonald (b. Dec. 25, 1914 Boston, MA - d. Nov. 17, 2003). Ian served with the U.S. Army from Oct. 14, 1952 until May 31, 1972.

Father

Bill's father, William, was born on June 18, 1884 at Lewis Ross, North Dell, Barvas, Ross and Cromarty, otherwise known as Ness, Scotland, to Murdo MacDonald (b. 1843 Lewis Ross, Knockaird) and Mary Gunn MacDonald (b. 1851 Lewis Ross, North Dell). Murdo labored as a tenant farmer, known as a crofter.

Mother

Bill's mother, Jessie, was born about 1875 at Habosh Barvas, Ross Shire, in Scotland, a daughter of John Morrison (b. 1843 Habosh Barvas, Ross Shire) and Jessie (b. 1843 Galson Barvas, Ross Shire). John was employed as a crofter, also.

Publishing

Refusing to accept royalties for his books, he established a fund for translating the commentary into foreign languages.

Books

  • 1 Peter, ECS
  • 2 Peter and Jude, ECS
  • Alone in Majesty: The Attributes of a Holy God
    • Gospel Folio Press, 2004.
  • Armageddon Soon?, ECS
  • Be Holy: The Forgotten Command, John Ritchie
  • Believers Bible Commentary - Entire Bible, Thomas Nelson
  • Believers Bible Commentary - N.T., Thomas Nelson (op)
  • Believers Bible Commentary - O.T., Thomas Nelson (op)
  • Christ Loved the Church, Gospel Folio Press
  • Christ’s Plan for the Church (five videos), Gospel Folio Press
  • Disciple’s Manual, Gospel Folio Press
  • Does it Pay to Pray? (co-authored with Carl Knott), Everyday
  • Drugs, Demons, and Destruction (tract),
  • Enjoy Your Bible (co-authored with Art Farstad), Gospel Folio Press
  • Enjoying Ecclesiastes, ECS
  • Enjoying the Book of Acts
    • ECS Ministries
  • Enjoying the Proverbs, ECS
  • Enjoying the Psalms, Vols. 1 and 2, ECS
  • Ephesians: The Mystery of the Church, ECS
  • Final Destiny, D&K Press
  • Fundamental, Important, Non-essential (article), ECS
  • God Still Speaks, Gospel Folio Press
  • Grasping for Shadows , ECS
  • Heaven (Expanded edition), Everyday
  • Heaven: Home, Sweet Home
    • Everyday Publications, 2015.
  • Hebrews: From Ritual to Reality, ECS
  • Hebrews: From Shadow to Substance, Moody Correspondence School
  • Here's the Difference (Expanded Edition), Gospel Folio Press
  • Joseph Makes Me Think of Jesus, Gospel Folio Press
  • Kingdom Divided: Kings to Esther, Everyday
  • Let Me Introduce You to the Bible, ECS
  • Letters to the Thessalonians, ECS
  • Living Above the Average, Gospel Folio Press
  • Lord, Break Me!, ECS
  • My Heart, My Life, My All, Gospel Folio Press
  • Now That IS Amazing Grace, Gospel Folio Press
  • Old Testament Digest 1, ECS
  • Old Testament Digest 2, ECS
  • Old Testament Digest 3, ECS
  • Once in Christ, In Christ Forever, Gospel Folio Press
  • One Day at a Time, Gospel Folio Press
  • Only One Time Around, Everyday
  • Our God is Wonderful, Gospel Folio Press
  • Proverbs – A Study on Proverbs, Gospel Folio Press in 2009
  • Proverbs: A Devotional Commentary
    • Gospel Folio Press, 2009.
  • Romans: Justification by Faith, ECS
  • Seek Ye First, ECS
  • Singleness: A Male Perspective, Everyday
  • Sixteen Men with a Message: Isaiah to Malachi, Everyday
  • That's a Good Question, ECS
  • The Acts, Dynamic Christianity, ECS
  • The Day Jesus Came to My House, Everyday
  • The Good News, Moody
  • The Gospel of Matthew (Behold Your King), ECS
  • The Grace of God, ECS
  • The Messiah. An Interpretation of the Oratorio, Unpublished
  • The Pocket New Testament Commentary
    • Everyday Publications
  • The Problem of Lust, Everyday Publications
  • There's a Way Back to God, ECS
  • Think of Your Future, ECS
  • Titus, ECS
  • To What Should We Be Loyal, ECS
  • True Discipleship (two cassette tapes), Gospel Folio Press
  • True Discipleship, Expanded Edition, Gospel Folio Press
  • What Christians Believe, Moody Press
  • William Barclay - Are His Writings Dependable?, op
  • Winning Souls the Bible Way, ECS
  • Wonders of God, Gospel Folio Press
  • Worlds Apart, Gospel Folio Press

Spanish

Booklets

Emmaus Worldwide

Tracts

Gospel Folio Press

Emmaus Worldwide Bible Courses

Emmaus Worldwide is a correspondence school and publishing house formerly known as ECS Ministries, and is headquartered in Dubuque, Iowa on the campus of Emmaus Bible College. The following courses were written primarily by Bill MacDonald (with others credited).

Bible Studies

Doctrinal

Prison Ministry

Death

Bill died at 9:20 pm (PST) on Christmas, Dec. 25, 2007 in San Leandro, California and was buried with a military gravestone in Hayward, Alameda, CA. His memorial and graveside service are available at PlymouthBrethren.org, courtesy of Kevin Engle, along with many of his articles.

Also See

Tributes

Audio Ministry

Sources

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