John MacArthur's Grace Community Church finally named a pastor to succeed him after his death in July of 2025. Nathan Busenitz is 48 years old....and the GCC website describes him as having had grown up in the church"....before becoming a trusted assistant of John MacArthur. He will not have time....as John MacArthur did in 1969....to grow into the position....as he will be the one called upon to take the church into the last week of Jeremiah's prophecy of 70 weeks....of which John MacArthur himself warned us for so long was coming! 
                Phil Johnson is one of the more recognizable names from John MacArthur's Grace To You ministry. He preached a message at the GCC evening service this past Lord's Day....and I streamed in because the topic was Christian Nationalism. What he said in his talk was true....as there are serious problems with racism and antisemitism in Christian Nationalism in this....evolving not reforming....church of today. As one would expect....he spent a good bit of time on how politics was not the answer to our problems....and reforming society was not our chief objective. The message was effective and helpful in what was said. The problem is in what was not said.
                 It is one thing to warn us of what is going on with this rising racism and antisemitism....but something else has to happen. We have to ask and explore why this is happening. I know a good place to start....MAGA. Phil Johnson's sermon on Christian Nationalism was a strong warning....names were named.....but not Trump's....even as the elephant stomping and Trumpeting around the church sanctuary of Grace Community Church....was Trump ! 
                 Phil Johnson's talk/sermon was erudite....and clear....easily understandable....and genuinely helpful....but did not go far enough....for although it identified a number of serious heretical radicals within Christian Nationalism....and also gave strong biblical evidence on why we may be involved in politics....but must never put it in front of the gospel....it ignored the chief culprit in  all of this....and in doing so it thus prevents the church from repenting of what we did....and permits the captivity and bondage by greed and power that we are under....to continue!