The Greater Danger

               The way that I remember it....I hope I have my facts straight....John MacArthur preached a morning sermon.....this maybe three weeks ago....but took ill....and instead went to the hospital where he had a serious procedure done....and according to his church is doing well. Thank the Lord for that.
               In late 2017 R. C. Sproul developed a case of the flu….and on December 17 went to be with the Lord that he had served for a half century. You can easily Google....R. C. Sproul's Last Sermon. It's a wonderful sermon and I highly recommend that you listen to it....but in it he sounded very raspy....not very healthy at all. I was reminded of that today when I listened to that sermon that John MacArthur preached in a morning service a few weeks ago. He also did not sound good....as his voice is always strong and confident. Hopefully....Lord willing....he will soon continue his ministry....in good health and with his strong voice.
               Billy Graham went to be with the Lord of Glory that he had proclaimed for seventy years....in February of 2018....only a few short months after R. C. Sproul. According to his son Franklin....he hardly spoke at all in his last year.
               I have stacks of R. C.'s monthly Tabletalk magazine going back to the early 1990s....and I have read most of the books that he has written....and I have many CDs of his teaching. He has meant as much to me as any evangelical parachurch minister....but I was critical of him on....probably two occasion in these posts. Is that OK to do? I have been critical of John MacArthur on maybe three or four occasions....and they were all related to Donald Trump. Once again....is that OK to do?
               My opinion here of course.....there is a danger to someone like myself....along the lines of pride....in giving a critical opinion on a great minister like John MacArthur. I have to realize that....and be very careful with it....but there is a greater danger....when a minister has such a following that nothing could ever be said that was in any way critical. This unfortunately happens all the time. Charismatics have said to me that one is never to be critical of God's....anointed.....(their minister always being....the God's anointed in question.)
               I doubt very much that Billy Graham or R. C. Sproul or John MacArthur would ever entertain the thought that they were above criticism....even by the laity. On a political side note....this was one of the problems concerning President Trump. Rush was never critical. Mark Levin and Sean Hannity would speak their mind early on in 2017....but the time came when it became nothing but defending Trump....100% of the time....and taking extreme and even absurd liberties in doing it....and it was all downhill since then!

               To hear the sermon by John MacArthur in question....you can either go to gty.org....and it is right there....or you can Google....John MacArthur....Facing A Tolerant World, With Intolerant Truth.