WATCH! BREAKING NEWS! RENOWNED PROPHET AND PASTOR DR. JOHN FULLERTON MACARTHUR JR. OF GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH GOES HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD AT 86
IN A RECENT COMMENTARY, DANIEL WHYTE III, PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL LIGHT EVANGELISTIC SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL, ADDRESSED THE INTENSE TRIBULATIONS, TROUBLES, TRIALS, TESTS, AND TENSIONS FACING DR. JOHN MACARTHUR JR.
WHYTE BELIEVES THESE HARDSHIPS STEM FROM BOTH CONSTANT, UNNECESSARY, AND PHONY ACCUSATIONS FROM WITHOUT, AS WELL AS SHOCKING DECEPTION FROM WITHIN. HE CHARACTERIZED THE LATTER AS A “JUDAS-STYLE THEOLOGICAL, ECCLESIASTICAL, AND MORAL BETRAYAL” PERPETRATED BY MACARTHUR’S BEST PASTOR FRIENDS, SUCH AS PASTOR STEVE LAWSON AND ALISTAIR BEGG.
IN A POINTED STATEMENT, WHYTE STATED, “THE LIES, HYPOCRISY, BETRAYAL, AND GROSS MORAL FAILURES OF ALISTAIR BEGG AND STEVE LAWSON HAVE BROUGHT DOWN THE GREAT PROPHET AND PASTOR DR. JOHN MACARTHUR TO HIS GRAVE.”
WHYTE CONCLUDED HIS REMARKS WITH A FAREWELL, CALLING MACARTHUR A PROPHET AND “THE LAST OF THE SOLID BIBLICAL EVANGELICALS.”
BREAKING NEWS! DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY GRADUATE AND MASTERS SEMINARY PROFESSOR DR. STEVE LAWSON FINALLY CONFESSES WHAT WE ALL ALREADY KNEW: “I HAVE SINNED GRIEVOUSLY AGAINST THE LORD, AGAINST MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY”
DANIEL WHYTE III, PRESIDENT OF GOSPEL LIGHT SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL, SAYS THIS CONFESSION AND ADMISSION OF SIN IS TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE, AND TOO INSINCERE. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE DALLAS THEOLOGICAL “CEMETARY” DELAY, LYING, COVERING-UP-SIN STRATEGY, WHICH IS UNBIBLICAL AND WILL NEVER WORK IN THE TRUE CHURCH OR THE WORLD. IT IS UTTER FOOLISHNESS! ESPECIALLY WITH HIM INCLUDING WORDS LIKE “RESTORATION” IN HIS CONFESSION/APOLOGY. RESTORATION TO WHAT? ACCORDING TO ALL THE LIARS INVOLVED DR. STEVE LAWSON WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH — THEREFORE, HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH, SO RESTORED TO WHAT? TO HIM TRAVELING AROUND LYING TO PEOPLE AND BEING A HYPOCRITE AND A PHONY PROFESSOR OF THE BIBLE?
WHYTE TELLS STEVE LAWSON SINCE THIS IS PROBABLY NOT YOUR FIRST ADULTERY RODEO THAT GOD HAD TO ENDURE AND DEAL WITH YOU ABOUT AS HE GAVE YOU “SPACE TO REPENT” AND GAVE YOU THE GRACE TO “JUDGE YOURSELF THAT YE BE NOT JUDGED,” WHICH HE GIVES ALL OF HIS CREATION, BUT YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE UNTOUCHABLE BECAUSE YOU CONNED PEOPLE TO BE IN THE ELITE THEOLOGICAL UPPER-CRUST WITH SUCH GODLY MEN AS DR. JOHN MACARTHUR. YOU MIGHT BE AS SMART AS A WHIP BUT AS LOST AS JESSE JACKSON IN A KKK MEETING. SO, THERE IS NO SITTING DOWN TEMPORARILY FROM THE MINISTRY FOR YOU. AS FAR AS PUBLIC MINISTRY IS CONCERNED, IT IS OVER. WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT THE LORD HAS SAT YOU DOWN PERMANENTLY. SINCE OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE YOUR EYES, MEANING YOU DO NOT HAVE PROPER RESPECT FOR GOD, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF YOUR AGE. YOUR MINISTRY DAYS ARE OVER. BESIDES THAT, IT IS GOING TO TAKE WHATEVER DAYS YOU HAVE LEFT TO MEND YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR WIFE AND CHILDREN, AND THAT IS GOING TO TAKE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
WHYTE CLOSES WITH 6 PAINFUL OBSERVATIONS:
- DR. STEVE LAWSON, WHY DID THIS CONFESSION/APOLOGY COME ALMOST DURING THE SAME TIME AS THE SHEPHERDS CONFERENCE? IS IT BECAUSE YOU ARE TRYING TO PULL THE OLD PASTORAL TRICK TO GET SYMPATHY FROM YOUR COMPASSIONATE PASTOR FRIENDS? ARE YOU TRYING TO GET SOME ATTENTION FROM THEM IN HOPES THEY WILL SHOW YOU COMPASSION AND BRING YOU BACK INTO THE FOLD BECAUSE YOU KNOW OF OTHER PASTORS IN THE FOLD WHO HAVE DONE THE SAME THING AND THESE PASTORS HAVE BEEN WELCOMED BACK?
- HAVE YOU APOLOGIZED TO THAT GIRL AND HER PARENTS FOR USING HER LIKE A SLUT SLAVE, SHAMING HER NAME AND HER FATHER’S NAME? WERE YOU MAN ENOUGH TO FACE HER FATHER? WE DO NOT RECALL HEARING THE VICTIM’S NAME IN YOUR CONFESSION/APOLOGY. AND YES, SHE IS A VICTIM. DR. STEVE LAWSON, YOU ARE WORSE THAN BILL BELICHICK. AT LEAST HE IS TRYING TO DO RIGHT BY THE GIRL AND HER FAMILY — PUTTING A RING ON IT AND MAKING SURE THE GIRL’S FAMILY IS TAKEN CARE OF.
- DR. STEVE LAWSON, YOUR TELLING US HOW ACTIVE YOU ARE IN THE LOCAL CHURCH AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING IN THE LOCAL CHURCH IS COMICAL IN LIGHT OF HOW YOU HAVE DISRESPECTED THE LOCAL CHURCH FOR YEARS, NOT EVEN WANTING TO BE THE PASTOR OF THE LOCAL CHURCH THAT YOU WERE PREACHING IN EVERY WEEK.
- DR. STEVE LAWSON, YOU MENTIONED ALL THESE PASTORS WHO ARE WATCHING OVER YOU AND ADVISING YOU. IN A CASE LIKE THIS, SINCE YOU ARE SEEN AS A LIAR AND A PERSON WHO COVERS UP SIN AND A HYPOCRITE, NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS YOU ARE DOING IN THE LOCAL CHURCH TOWARDS YOUR “RESTORATION.” WE WOULD RATHER HEAR FROM THESE PASTORS WATCHING OVER YOU AND ADVISING YOU ABOUT HOW YOU ARE DOING IN THE LOCAL CHURCH AND ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU SHOULD BE RESTORED.
- THE DALLAS THEOLOGICAL “CEMETARY” STRATEGY OF DEALING WITH THE SINFUL, MORAL, EVIL FAILURES OF PASTORS IS UNBIBLICAL, DEMONIC, AND UTTER FOOLISHNESS AND SOMEBODY LIKE DR. STEVE LAWSON OUGHT TO STEP IN AND TELL DALLAS THEOLOGICAL “CEMETARY” PREACHERS NOT TO DO WHAT HE AND OTHERS HAVE DONE.
- DANIEL WHYTE III SAYS THAT THE LIES, HYPOCRISY, BETRAYAL, AND GROSS MORAL FAILURES OF ALISTAIR BEGG AND STEVE LAWSON HAVE NEARLY BROUGHT DOWN THE GREAT PROPHET AND PASTOR DR. JOHN MACARTHUR TO HIS GRAVE. THIS COUNTRY NEEDED HIM FOR ANOTHER 20 YEARS TO HELP STEM THE TIDE OF THE ABOMINATIONS, SINS, AND THE GROSS FALLING AWAY OF THE CHURCH. NOW HE IS DEAD. WHYTE SAYS FURTHER TO DR. JOHN MACARTHUR, THANK YOU FOR THE LATE NIGHT PRECIOUS MEMORIES OF YOUR POWERFUL PREACHING. REST IN PEACE!
LOS ANGELES (KABC) – John MacArthur, the influential pastor of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, passed away on Monday at the age of 86, as announced by his church.
“It is with both sadness and hope that the elders of Grace Community Church announce that Pastor John MacArthur has gone to be with the Lord after 56 years of faithful ministry,” read a statement on the church’s website. The announcement further detailed, “Last week, Pastor John unexpectedly contracted pneumonia, and the Lord took him home on Monday, July 14.”
Grace Community Church, located in Sun Valley, gained national attention during the COVID-19 pandemic for its repeated defiance of public health restrictions. Under MacArthur’s leadership, the church continued to conduct indoor services despite bans on such gatherings and declined to enforce mask-wearing or physical distancing requirements for its congregants.
The church subsequently received $800,000 in a settlement after successfully suing the state and county, arguing that the COVID-19 regulations constituted constitutional violations of religious freedom.
MacArthur is survived by his wife, Patricia, their four children, 15 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
source: https://abc7.com/post/john-macarthur-pastor-grace-community-church-la-dies-86/17126187/
Influential Megachurch Pastor John MacArthur Dies at 86
LOS ANGELES – John MacArthur, the esteemed 86-year-old pastor of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, passed away on July 14 after being hospitalized with pneumonia, his church announced.
“This evening, his faith became sight. He faithfully endured until his race was run,” stated Grace to You, the media ministry founded by MacArthur, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) Monday night.
MacArthur, who had served as pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley since 1969, contracted pneumonia last week, according to associate Pastor Tom Patton, who informed the congregation at a July 13 service. Patton conveyed, “He was admitted into the hospital and may be in the presence of the Lord soon. We place our dear pastor at the feet of the glorious savior, whom he has served so faithfully for so many years and now awaits his final command to be in his presence forever.”
MacArthur gained significant public attention during the COVID-19 pandemic, similar to other preachers across the U.S., when he continued to host large gatherings at his church despite city policies that aimed to limit congregations to smaller, outdoor numbers.
He is survived by his wife, Patricia, their children, 15 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Protestia Remembers the Great Dr. John Fullerton MacArthur Jr.
John Fullerton MacArthur Jr. (1939–2025) — pastor, teacher, author, and a stalwart defender of biblical truth — has entered the presence of his Lord and Savior at 6:17pm PT on July 14th, 2025 after a lifetime of faithful ministry. With profound sorrow yet deeper gratitude, we at Protestia mourn the earthly loss of a man whose legacy towers across the landscape not merely of conservative, reformed evangelicalism, but the universal church as a whole.
MacArthur served as the pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California for over 50 years, beginning in 1969. His long and faithful expositional ministry through every book of the Bible became a model of verse-by-verse preaching, setting a standard for generations of pastors. Under his leadership, Grace Church was not merely a local congregation but a beacon of doctrinal stability.
He was the president of The Master’s Seminary and The Master’s University, shaping thousands of men and women for ministry and scholarship grounded in the inerrancy and sufficiency of Scripture. Through Grace to You, his global radio and media ministry, MacArthur’s teaching reached tens of millions in over two dozen languages.
His best-selling MacArthur Study Bible, published in 1997, remains one of the most trusted and widely used resources in the evangelical world. In both the pulpit and the pen, MacArthur’s hallmark was clarity without compromise.
A Voice of Courage in Controversy
MacArthur was a man unafraid to name names and take arrows for the sake of the truth. His Strange Fire conference and subsequent book (2013) marked a seismic moment in the charismatic–cessationist debate, boldly confronting the unbiblical teachings and spiritual abuses in the broader charismatic movement. His stand provoked fierce backlash, but also awakened thousands to the dangers of emotionalism untethered from Scripture.
Protestia has long chronicled and defended MacArthur’s public theology. When critics slandered his motives or distorted his statements, we were among the first to correct the record and/or offer support (see here, here, and here). Whether it was the charge of spiritual pride, false accusations surrounding financial matters, or attacks over his stance on social justice, we sought to bring clarity to the man, his message, and his mission.
During the COVID-19 lockdowns, Pastor MacArthur’s decision to reopen Grace Church in defiance of California’s draconian orders became a national flashpoint. As we reported extensively at the time (here, and here for example), Grace Community became ground zero in the battle for religious liberty in the West. Though legal threats loomed, MacArthur remained steadfast, declaring, “Christ is Lord of all — and that includes the church.”
In the later years of his ministry, he became a leading critic of the woke gospel and social justice incursion into the church. His multi-part series on “The Gospel and Social Justice” and the Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel (2018), which he helped draft, clarified the biblical gospel against the creeping ideologies of the age.
A Life Marked by Faithfulness
Though he would often say, “I’m not a prophet or the son of a prophet; I’m just a Bible teacher,” few modern men have had as prophetic a voice. He did not seek the limelight. He did not soften his stance to broaden his reach. He did not pander to celebrity. He simply opened the Word, explained it, and trusted God to do the work.
Despite his flaws, MacArthur’s personal integrity, longevity in ministry, and fidelity to Scripture earned him respect across denominational lines. His opponents often accused him of being harsh, but even they could not accuse him of being inconsistent.
His influence extended beyond the pulpit. He played a pivotal role in defending complementarianism in an age of gender confusion, upholding the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement when many abandoned it, and calling churches back to reverent, God-centered worship. He never courted the evangelical establishment—he challenged it.
To read more, click here: https://protestia.com/2025/07/14/well-done-good-and-faithful-servant-pastor-john-macarthur-enters-glory/
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