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Under Construction.  This page will be filled with eulogies, testimonies and tributes of the man God gifted to the Church, and by those who knew him, were impacted & guided by him, and those who's lives were changed because of him. * * * * * * * Tom Patton   Chris Hamilton Jonathan Latman tribute From fear to shepherd Eric Nielson tribute Greg Linscott Ken Ham George Lawson   11 point personal tribute, by a South African Pastor   Pt 1 ,  Pt 2 ,  Pt 3 ,  Pt 4

Created Dec 10, 2023 Updated July, 19, 2025 Here is some general info and testimonies about Pastor John MacArthur The Pastor has preached over 55 years at Grace Community Church. He has preached verse by verse through the NT and verse by verse through important sections and books in the OT, and has selected Scripture messages too. He preaches faithful to the text and does not push into the Bible what God as the Author hasn't intended it to mean. He is the world's top respected and reliable preacher of this generation.  The info linked here should give you a well rounded picture of this pastor.  To return to this page open below links in a new browser window.  Testimonies and life info  Testimonies   This is  Background on his early years as a Pastor includes discussions on Foundations and the Glory of God, as well as his experiences at the Church.  Interviews on JMac: *  Phil Johnson and Justin Peters speak *  Interviews with J...

Only Begotten Can someone from the translation team please explain this discrepancy? The Legacy Standard Bible has John 1:14 as the following: > And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. However, you'll see in the photo below from John MacArthur's notes in the NASB MacArthur Study Bible where he states "only begotten" is a mistranslation of the Greek word. Image JMac wrote that before Charles Irons published his very important research defending “only begotten” as the best translation. We followed Irons’ argument, but still placed the alternate translation “unique” in a footnote. (1) https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/lets-go-back-to-only-begotten (2)  Note that the Greek word for only begotten has not been translated that way in other places it occurs in Greek, but at least the LSB has a translator’s note (Luke 7:12 for example).  This is a good example o...

Testimonies of JMac A list of personal testimonies  Why he became a preacher Believing and understanding    @24:25 &40:50 Life testimony  More about John MacArthur