Ten Reasons I am Grateful to John MacArthur’s Life

Why would someone like me, steeped in covenantal thinking, serving a denomination filled with paedobaptists, sacramental Calvinists, and postmillennialists, have such a deep appreciation for John MacArthur?

It is because MacArthur accomplished what few men have achieved in history:

a) He served faithfully in the same congregation for over 50 years through some of the most contentious seasons of evangelical history, and stood by his convictions through it all (1 Corinthians 15:58).

b) He upheld Sola Scriptura when so many were easily swayed by the allures of Rome (2 Timothy 3:16–17).

c) He remained a close friend with R.C. Sproul despite the evident sacramental divide between them (Romans 12:18).

d) He upheld an orderly life with a rigorous exercise routine (1 Timothy 4:7–8).

e) He did not despise the days of small beginnings, but instead he pressed on to the prize of the upward calling (Zechariah 4:10; Philippians 3:14).

f) He preached the Bible as authoritative, and sang the hymns as manifestations of his own trust in God (2 Timothy 4:2; Psalm 104:33).

g) He remained faithful to his family while so many of his generation fell from grace (1 Timothy 3:4–5).

h) He preached a gospel of Lordship; one which exalted grace, but also elevated our responsibility as servants of the One True Lord (Luke 6:46; 1 Corinthians 6:19–20).

i) He loved the church; he fathered the congregation, and his people loved him, even to the end of his life (1 Peter 5:2–3; 1 Thessalonians 2:8).

j) And he understood his frailties, yet offered his entire service as a living sacrifice unto God (Romans 12:1; 2 Corinthians 4:7).

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