John Fullerton MacArthur Jr.

June 19, 1939 – present

Pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California since 1969 and president of The Master's University and Seminary. One of the most prolific expository preachers in modern Reformed evangelicalism.

Biography

John MacArthur was born in Los Angeles, the son of a pastor and the great-grandson of Scottish Presbyterian ministers. He graduated from Talbot Theological Seminary and at age twenty-nine became pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California — a position he has now held for more than fifty-five years. MacArthur is the founder and featured teacher of the international media ministry Grace to You, which has distributed his expository sermons by radio, cassette, CD, and now podcast since 1969. He has authored or edited more than 150 books including The MacArthur Study Bible, the multi-volume MacArthur New Testament Commentary set, and The Gospel According to Jesus, which sparked the 'Lordship Salvation' controversy with Zane Hodges in the late 1980s. MacArthur is also chancellor emeritus of The Master's University and The Master's Seminary, both of which he led from small start-ups to fully accredited institutions training pastors worldwide. He is known publicly for verse-by-verse preaching through entire books of the New Testament — a project that took him forty-three years to complete in 2011.

Legacy

MacArthur's verse-by-verse expository method has shaped a generation of Reformed evangelical pastors through The Master's Seminary, the Shepherds' Conference, and the freely available Grace to You archive. His full sermon library, organized by Bible book, is one of the most-used pastoral resources in English-speaking evangelicalism. He has also been a defining voice in modern debates over charismatic theology (Strange Fire, 2013) and church polity.

Notable Sermons

Copyright & Usage

All sermons by John MacArthur remain copyrighted by Grace to You. The archive below links to the official Grace to You site where sermons, transcripts, and study materials are freely accessible online for personal study but not redistribution.

Where to Read More

• Grace to You — Sermon Library
• The MacArthur Study Bible (Thomas Nelson)
• Grace to You Podcast

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