“Los hombres y mujeres que carecen de una perspectiva bíblica tienden a pensar de la religión como la expresión más noble del carácter humano. La opinión popular en el mundo en general ha considerado generalmente la religión como algo inherentemente admirable, honorable y beneficioso. En realidad, ningún otro campo de las humanidades: filosofía, literatura, las artes, o cualquier otro, tiene tanta potencialidad para causar daño como la religión. Nada es más completamente malvado que la falsa religión, y cuanto más tratan los falsos maestros de vestirse de ropas de verdad bíblica, más verdaderamente satánicos son. No obstante, los emisarios de Satanás de aspecto benigno y hábilmente religiosos son ordinarios, no extraordinarios. La historia de la redención está llena de ellos, y la Biblia continuamente nos advierte contra tales falsos maestros: lobos salvajes con pieles de ovejas, «falsos apóstoles, obreros fraudulentos, que se disfrazan como apóstoles de Cristo. Y no es maravilla, porque el mismo Satanás se disfraza como ángel de luz. Así que, no es extraño si también sus ministros se disfrazan como ministros de justicia» (2 Corintios 11.13–15). Al dar su discurso de despedida en Éfeso, el apóstol Pablo les dijo a los ancianos de esa joven pero ya acosada iglesia que se levantarían falsos maestros no solo desde dentro de la iglesia, sino también que entrarían pasando desapercibidos en el liderazgo de la iglesia (vea Hechos 20.29–30; cp. Judas v. 4). Esto ha vuelto a suceder una y otra vez en cada fase de la historia de la iglesia. Los falsos maestros se visten con las ropas de Dios; quieren que las personas crean que ellos representan a Dios, y que conocen a Dios, y que tienen una perspectiva especial de la verdad y la sabiduría divinas, aunque son emisarios del mismo infierno.”
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John F. MacArthur, Jr. is a fifth-generation preacher who serves as a pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. He is also a prolific author, conference speaker, and is president of The Master's College and Seminary. MacArthur received a B.A. from Los Angeles Pacific College, his M.Div. from Talbot Theological Seminary, Litt.D. at Grace Graduate School, and D.D. from Talbot Theological Seminary. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, he regularly teaches Expository Preaching at the seminary and frequently speaks in chapel.
MacArthur's pulpit ministry has been extended around the globe through his media ministry, Grace to You, and its satellite offices in Australia, Canada, Europe, India, New Zealand, Singapore, and South Africa. In addition to producing daily radio programs for nearly 2,000 English and Spanish radio outlets worldwide, Grace to You distributes books, software, audiotapes, and CDs by John MacArthur. In thirty-six years of ministry, Grace to You has distributed more than thirteen million CDs and audiotapes.
John Fullerton MacArthur, Jr. is a United States evangelical writer and minister, noted for his radio program entitled Grace to You. MacArthur is a fifth-generation pastor, a popular author and conference speaker and has served as the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California since 1969, and as the President of The Master's College (and the related The Master's Seminary) in Santa Clarita, California.
Theologically, MacArthur is a conservative far-right Baptist, a strong proponent of expository preaching, a dispensationalist and a self-described Calvinist. He has been acknowledged by Christianity Today as one of the most influential preachers of his time, and is a frequent guest on Larry King Live as representative of an evangelical Christian perspective.
MacArthur has authored or edited more than 150 books, most notably the MacArthur Study Bible, which has sold more than 1 million copies and received a Gold Medallion Book Award. Other best-selling books include his MacArthur New Testament Commentary Series (more than 1 million copies), Twelve Ordinary Men, (more than 500,000 copies), and the children's book A Faith to Grow On, which garnered an ECPA Christian Book Award.