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John MacArthur, Tireless Voice for Truth, Enters Eternity
https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2025/07/15/john-macarthur-tireless-voice-for-truth-enters-eternity-n4941772 (https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2025/07/15/john-macarthur-tireless-voice-for-truth-enters-eternity-n4941772)
Grace to You, MacArthur’s radio and later streaming ministry, announced his death on Facebook:
Our hearts are heavy, yet rejoicing, as we share the news that our beloved pastor and teacher John MacArthur has entered into the presence of the Savior. This evening, his faith became sight. He faithfully endured until his race was run. More information will be available soon.
MacArthur was born in Los Angeles in 1939. Preaching was in his DNA; four generations of men before him were pastors, and his father had a radio ministry as well. He had dreams of becoming a professional football player, but a serious car accident changed the trajectory of his life forever.
After serving in ministry under his father for a few years, MacArthur became pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, Calif. Dr. Albert Mohler explains how Grace grew under MacArthur’s visionary leadership:
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Possibly his most public controversy was his church’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic closure orders. Los Angeles County declared that churches couldn’t meet in person, but MacArthur contravened those orders. The county sued the church, which countersued the county for violating congregants’ First Amendment rights. The parties reached a settlement where the county and the state paid Grace $400,000 each. Nobody at the church got seriously ill, according to MacArthur.
Sad but expected news. Far "inside baseball", I have "issues" with some of what MacArthur taught and wrote, but he was a great leader among Christians.
Dr. Albert Mohler's historical info is interesting. The late 1960s were an interesting time among Christians in SoCal. MacArthur, Chuck Swindoll, and Chuck Smith pastored growing churches and their use of cassette tapes spread their influence beyond SoCal. I'm less familiar with Swindoll, but both MacArthur and Smith made preaching exegetically through books of the Bible was their "thing" as preacher-teachers.