Inspirational Quotes by John MacArthur
“We understand why Cone and the previous voices gain audiences. They often put their finger on a real problem in our past or present, only to both diagnose and address that problem unbiblically.”
“Leaving societal matters for a moment, we ultimately know why our culture is fractured. In the simplest biblical terms, “white” skin is not our core problem. Sin is. In the biblical mind, sin does not affect and inhabit one group more than others. One group is not thus more guilty than any other group in foundational terms. We are all equally guilty in Adam, for sin is the universal problem of the human race. But not generic sin—actual sin. Sin committed by individual people—people of every tribe, tongue, nation, and background. People who have a great education or no education. People raised in a Christian home or an atheistic one. People from the left or the right. People from privilege or no privilege (socially speaking).”
“Nonetheless, if we relinquish the law, demonize law enforcement, and defund the police, we descend into anarchy. We create an unstable society. We wrong many who would then live without justice and who would be preyed upon by evildoers.”
“We do not dismiss passion over the past, then. But we cannot be ruled by it, nor by anger, as Christians. We cannot fall prey to the view that our contemporary society has failed to change in meaningful ways over the centuries. We cannot hold people guilty for the sins of past generations (more on this to come). We cannot read people in a certain light because of their skin color. We cannot automatically equate our culture’s pursuit of justice with biblical justice.”
“Man talks much about justice, but he knows not of what he speaks. In this passage and others, justice is not a means of redistributing privilege (per the narratives of the underprivileged). Biblical justice is retributive in nature, recompensing people for their deeds.”
“The cross of Christ gives us God’s ultimate resolution of the justice-mercy conundrum. The same cross satisfies divine justice and secures divine mercy. This shows us that justice is retributive, not distributive, even as it reveals that the satisfaction of justice enables the experience of mercy. God does not set aside His justice in the death of His Son; He meets the full terms of His holy nature through the cross.”
“Proposals for reparations, we note here, actually yield no justice at all in the end, for the people who suffered in past days see no satisfaction from them, and people living today must thus chip in to pay for crimes they did not commit. Here we see that much of what is called “justice” today is actually injustice and does not do anything to make wrongs right.”
“PSALM 92 ‡It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; 2†to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, 3†to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre. 4For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy. 5How great are your works, O LORD! Your thoughts are very deep! 6The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this: 7that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever; 8but you, O LORD, are on high forever. 9For behold, your enemies, O LORD,”
“Hill points to “the inequitable systems that perpetuate disparities.”24 It is surely possible that we may find inequities in our systems, and if we do, we should tackle them. But while we take disparities seriously, they do not in themselves prove injustices. Some “white” people are wealthy, and some are very poor; the difference between them can reduce to injustice, but it also can owe to numerous factors, none of them stemming from “white supremacy.”
“El tema central de toda la Biblia es Jesucristo, el Redentor de todos los que lo invocan”
“hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began”
“Our weakness is actually part of the strength of the Christian faith. We are not the point. We are not sinless, and we are not the Savior. Like every sinner, we are the ones who need the Savior—and need Him desperately.”
“The spiritual life of any congregation and its growth in grace will never exceed the high-water mark set by its pulpit.”
“For those in Christ, death becomes the means of graduating to glory and gaining access into the presence of Christ. Such a sure hope gives us confidence to live day by day to the fullest.”
“our culture and society are falling prey to what we call “monocausality.” This means that we trace very complex realities to just one simple factor”
“If we are to be profitable servants, we must be self-denying, and not self-focused. If we are to be a useful instrument to the Lord, we must be large-hearted, just as Timothy was. Ask God to enlarge your heart for others.”
“the father of the child cried out [4] and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”
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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.