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John MacArthur

How are evangelicals responding to the John MacArthur spiritual abuse accusations?

John Fea   |  February 10, 2023

In case you missed the news, Christianity Today is reporting on a pattern of spiritual abuse on John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church in Los Angeles. Here is Kate Shellnut: Last year, Hohn Cho concluded Grace Community Church had made a...

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Voter fraud, attempts to steal the election, Charlie Kirk & Liberty University, and the potential ousting of Rick Warren’s church. And it’s only 9:25am in Anaheim!

John Fea   |  June 14, 2022

Yes, the Southern Baptists are meeting in Anaheim this week. Later today they will elect a new president. We don’t have the time or the staff to follow all the details, so I am relying heavily on other more competent...

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California settles with John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church

John Fea   |  September 1, 2021

Here is Alejandra Melina at Religion News Service: The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday (Aug. 31) voted to authorize a $400,000 payment to settle a legal battle with Grace Community Church over lead pastor John MacArthur’s defiance...

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John MacArthur had COVID-19 in December 2020 as the virus swept through Grace Community Church

John Fea   |  August 31, 2021

So let’s begin this post with a little history. In late May 2020, John MacArthur, the pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, announced that the church would return to face-to-face worship for the first time since the...

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Megachurches with celebrity pastors like John MacArthur led the way in the evangelical resistance to COVID-19 mandates

John Fea   |  August 18, 2021

We’ve written a lot on this subject. See, for example: “What is going on with John MacArthur and Romans 13?“ “Evangelical pastor John MacArthur suggests churches that remain closed during COVID-19 are not ‘true’ churches“ “The Falkirk Center on the...

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Episode 17: “The City by the Bay Starts Marrying Same-Sex Couples”

John Fea   |  August 11, 2021

San Francisco beats Massachusetts to the punch and starts issuing marriage licenses. The Christian Right responds. Episode 17: “The City by the Bay Starts Marrying Same-Sex Couples” dropped last night. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above receive this narrative history...

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John MacArthur’s reach extends to Canada

John Fea   |  February 20, 2021

Some of you may be following the controversy surrounding GraceLife Church in Edmonton, Alberta. Last Sunday, Alberta health officials arrived at the church and found that its leadership was ignoring public health restrictions related to Covid-19. The church was filled...

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On the day of Biden’s inauguration, Trump evangelical John MacArthur tweets that the U.S. is officially “one nation in rebellion to God”

John Fea   |  January 20, 2021

The Biden administration is here. What are the last president’s most loyal evangelicals saying about the inauguration? John MacArthur, the pastor of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, fired the first shot: I will just let this one sit for...

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Rick Warren: “We’re not being discriminated against. This is a safety issue”

John Fea   |  December 24, 2020

Cameron Strang of Relevant magazine recently interviewed Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren about the events of 2020. Read it here. While other California megachurch pastors like John MacArthur and Jack Hibbs yell and scream about their religious liberties, Warren takes...

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Los Angeles Superior Court: John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church can’t hold indoor worship services

John Fea   |  September 11, 2020

Here is Religion News Service: A Los Angeles Superior Court judge granted a preliminary injunction against Grace Community Church, prohibiting Pastor John MacArthur from holding indoor worship services. The County of Los Angeles has sought to stop the megachurch from...

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How John MacArthur politicizes science

John Fea   |  September 1, 2020

Last Sunday John MacArthur, the pastor of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, told his congregation that “there is no [COVID-19] pandemic.” The congregation cheered. Watch: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI4X7svEhlw&w=560&h=315] Notice that MacArthur says that he is not giving a “political speech.”...

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John MacArthur: “There is no pandemic.” Those who believe otherwise have been deceived by Satan

John Fea   |  August 30, 2020

Watch: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI4X7svEhlw&w=560&h=315] Warren Throckmorton sent me this video and commented on it at his blog. Here is a taste: MacArthur cited a recent CDC report on causes of COVID-19 deaths (Here is the CDC report in question). It provides the...

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John MacArthur’s views on slavery sound eerily familiar

John Fea   |  August 26, 2020

Someone just sent this to me. Here is Grace Community Church pastor John MacArthur, the subject of the recent controversy over the opening of churches during the COVID-19 pandemic, talking about the benefits of slavery. The video was posted in...

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This interview tells us a lot about John MacArthur and the movement he represents

John Fea   |  August 22, 2020

Chris Hutchison, the pastor of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Blacksburg, VA, brought this to my attention today via Twitter. Watch John MacArthur speaking to Ryan Helfenbein of the Liberty University Falkirk Center about his battle with the state...

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Los Angeles Superior Court: MacArthur’s Grace Community Church can hold indoor services, but they must wear masks and social distance

John Fea   |  August 15, 2020

You can read the judge’s temporary order at Warren Throckmorton’s blog. MacArthur’s legal team is celebrating this win. Indeed, Grace Community Church will continue to hold indoor services and the city will not be levying any fines, at least for...

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The Falkirk Center on the John MacArthur controversy. Or how culture warriors write.

John Fea   |  August 7, 2020

  Some of you have been following the situation at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. For the past two Sundays, pastor John MacArthur has held religious services in defiance of California’s COVID-19 regulations. MacArthur said:  “We will obey...

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Evangelical pastor John MacArthur suggests churches that remain closed during COVID-19 are not “true” churches

John Fea   |  August 4, 2020

Who is John MacArthur and what is this all about? Get up to speed here. Kate Shellnut and Nicole Sparks report on MacArthur’s sermon Sunday at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. Here is a taste of their piece...

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Placing John MacArthur’s decision to open his church in historical context

John Fea   |  July 30, 2020

Get up to speed on this story here. Messiah University alum Morgan Lee interviews historian Daniel Williams for Christianity Today’s “Quick to Listen” podcast. Here is a taste: Lee: Thoreau’s vision of civil disobedience, and even that of the Civil rights...

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What is going on with John MacArthur and Romans 13?

John Fea   |  July 25, 2020

I could say a lot of things here about John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, but until yesterday I always thought he took a pretty consistent stand on passages like Romans 13 that require Christians...

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Now John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church WILL NOT Open Tomorrow

John Fea   |  May 24, 2020

NOTE: Read this post and the addendum. This is an evolving story. On Friday, John MacArthur said Grace Community Church would be open on Sunday. Watch the video here. Here is the transcript: Well this is Friday, and it turned-out...

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