John anticipates it. Indeed, Sunday’s reading concludes by saying John “preached the good news to the people” (v. 18b). Indeed, it is the beginning of the “good news,” the Gospel.

MacArthur, the son of Baptist radio preacher Jack MacArthur, and from a five-generation preacher family, became a pioneer in ...

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He was a fundamentalist, not an evangelical. He may have gotten over being Baptist, but he never got over fundamentalism.

MacArthur, who preached in a suit, was known for his expository preaching, walking verse by verse through the Bible without detours into personal stories, remaining laser-focused on the text. “His ...

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It is well established that John was highly thought of by his contemporaries. The Jewish writer Flavius Josephus says of John, “John, that was called the Baptist: for Herod slew him, who was a ...

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John is also clear that his call of repentance is only the prologue to the advent of God’s Messiah, who will baptize not with water but with the inner, transformational power of God’s Spirit.

John MacArthur Jr., an influential church figure in America, died at 86 Monday after a series of illnesses. MacArthur led Grace Community Church in California for 56 years, building a vast following ...