Sorry, rrmoderator, I didn't see that you posted this. I thought the reply came from gtw? There are things I don't agree with MacArthur about. Starting with the fact that he's a cessationist. I believe all gift of the Spirit fully function today. I believe his position is an extreme overreaction to charismatic abuses. But because I disagree with a man over his theology doesn&
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Yep, they gave him his own museum. Who cares? They wanted to honor a man who has studied and served his guts out for 25 years. Honor. It's a foreign concept to Americans now, but it didn't used to be. We used to honor people who served us faithfully. Now we tear apart every detail of their life and ministry anonymously on the internet with no consequence to us -- or at least no immediat
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"MacArthur wants people to read HIS books ABOUT THE BIBLE!" If you wrote a book about the bible, would you want people to not read it? "His writings are considered equal to Scripture" By whom? By you? "he's even had a $2 million museum built to himself" "The idea for the Legacy Center began as a secret gift for MacArthur's 25th anniv
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bjw Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I just wanted to say that the website "Watchman > wakes in vain" that was mentioned by Bookwatch has > a lot of good info that is surprising at first, > but has been well -researched and cannot be > ignored.... > > One irony I've noticed is MacArthur's people have > put up a
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What I don't understand is what anyone gains by targeting this man who appears to be trying to teach the bible -- raising questions about him being "controversial" or wondering what goes on "behind the scenes" as if that is somehow going to beneficial to you? Macarthur is a man. Is he perfect? No. Is he a cult leader because he takes a metaphorical view of Jesus'
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