“Transigir es bueno y necesario en la mayoría de las relaciones humanas. En el matrimonio, por ejemplo, las parejas deben ceder con frecuencia para lidiar con los desacuerdos respecto a la preferencia y a la opinión. En el gobierno secular, los compromisos son necesarios a veces para poder sobrepasar los obstáculos ejecutivos o legislativos. En los negocios, transigir es importante para cerrar un trato. La persona que rehúsa ceder en cualquier circunstancia es obstinada, irrazonable y egoísta. Esa clase de inflexibilidad de voluntad es pecaminosa y ha llevado a la ruina a muchas relaciones y organizaciones. Pero en lo que respecta a cuestiones de principios como las bases éticas y morales, absolutos bíblicos, axiomas de la Palabra de Dios, mandatos claros de Dios y la veracidad de Dios mismo, con eso no se debe transigir. Un verdadero líder sabe eso. Para el líder espiritual, los absolutos son establecidos por la Palabra de Dios. Un líder que aplica todos los principios de liderazgo puede quizás lograr una medida de efectividad pragmática. Pero este principio probará realmente quién es usted como líder. Nadie puede ser un líder efectivo espiritual a menos que comprenda la verdad esencial de la Escritura y rehúse transigir su autoridad absoluta. Este principio aplica, estoy convencido, no solo a los pastores o a los líderes de las iglesias sino a cualquier cristiano que desea ser un buen líder.”
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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.