@kc_btl84 Was talking to a guy about this last night. Crazy those teams didn’t win more championships. Maddux, Smoltz, Glavin, Avery were one of the best rotations of all time.
"When people ask me what appeals to me about heaven, it isn't the streets of transparent gold or gates made of pearls, it's the absence of sin, I'm tired of sin!"
- John MacArthur
Today, John MacArthur entered into the presence of the Lord, whom he faithfully served for over half a century.
There aren’t enough words to describe the impact he’s had on my life—his unwavering commitment to the truth, bold expository preaching, and love for the church shaped not only my theology but my very walk with Christ. Through his sermons, books, and steadfast shepherding, he taught us to treasure the Word of God and stand firm in grace.
Please pray for his dear wife Patricia and the entire MacArthur family, for Grace Community Church, and for all of us mourning such a profound loss.
Though our hearts ache, we do not grieve as those without hope (1 Thess. 4:13). Pastor John is now beholding the glory of Christ, the One he preached with such conviction and joy.
“Well done, good and faithful servant… Enter into the joy of your master” (Matthew 25:21).
Thank you, John. Soli Deo Gloria.
“Your only hope in the midst of pain and in the midst of suffering, is that it is not an accident. But that the supreme wisdom of a loving and transcendently Holy God is behind this, and you can’t possibly know today, why.”
R.C. Sproul
Ligonier
“He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.”
Isaiah 2:4
I’m no teetotaler, and I am all for Christian liberty, but there’s a kind of “whiskey culture” in Reformed Christian circles that’s worth possible caution, I think.
We mustn't draw lines not drawn by Scripture. Yet, great wisdom and discretion is needed—especially by church elders—lest weaker saints are made to stumble, or any aspersions be cast upon our “above-reproach-ness.”
“An elder must be…above reproach…not a drunkard.”
I’m no teetotaler, and I am all for Christian liberty, but there’s a kind of “whiskey culture” in Reformed Christian circles that’s worth possible caution, I think.
We mustn't draw lines not drawn by Scripture. Yet, great wisdom and discretion is needed—especially by church elders—lest weaker saints are made to stumble, or any aspersions be cast upon our “above-reproach-ness.”
“An elder must be…above reproach…not a drunkard.”
There is a sickness upon the Reformed movement, a sickness of unloving hostility to those we disagree with, and we need something like an exorcism of it.