Category Archives: John MacArthur

Church Write-Up: The Liked-Disliked Christian Exclusivist

Posted on March 8, 2017 by jamesbradfordpate

For church last Sunday, I watched John MacArthur’s service, then I watched the service of the church that I normally attend.  In this post, I would like to mention something that MacArthur said. MacArthur said that there is a paradox … Continue reading →

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Church Write-Up: Self-Denial

Posted on February 10, 2017 by jamesbradfordpate

At church last Sunday, it was raining outside, plus there were forecasts of an ice-storm.  I stayed home and watched John MacArthur’s service, then I watched the service of the church that I usually attend.  I hope I don’t get … Continue reading →

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Church Write-Up: Church Is About Jesus

Posted on January 18, 2017 by jamesbradfordpate

Due to inclement weather, the church that I normally attend cancelled services last Sunday.  As I did the previous Sunday, when it cancelled services, I watched the live-stream of John MacArthur, Jr.’s Grace Community Church. MacArthur is doing a series … Continue reading →

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Church Write-Up: MacArthur Starts a Series on the Church

Posted on January 12, 2017 by jamesbradfordpate

Last Sunday, the church that I usually attend cancelled its services, since there was an ice-storm.  I live on the West Coast, so I was trying to find an online service that matched my time-zone.  I decided to watch Grace … Continue reading →

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Giving Thanks, Without Being Perfunctory

Posted on November 26, 2015 by jamesbradfordpate

During my prayer time last night, the subject of thanksgiving entered my mind because, well, it is Thanksgiving!  Philippians 4:6 came to my mind: “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your … Continue reading →

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“Take Away Our (Bent or Desire?) to Sinning”

Posted on August 13, 2015 by jamesbradfordpate

At church last Sunday, the pastor was contrasting a Methodist version of a Charles Wesley hymn with a Lutheran version.  The hymn is “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.” The reason that the pastor was commenting on this is that she … Continue reading →

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The Opposite of Love Is…Indifference?

Posted on March 4, 2015 by jamesbradfordpate

I’m reading a biography of Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk and a prolific author.  The book is Michael Mott’s The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton.  On page 316, Mott quotes the following from one of Merton’s books, Thoughts in Solitude: … Continue reading →

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Book Write-Up: The Christ of the Covenants, by O. Palmer Robertson

Posted on January 6, 2014 by jamesbradfordpate

O. Palmer Robertson.  The Christ of the Covenants.  Phillipsburgh, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1980. A Reformed Christian recommended this book to me about eight years ago—-that, and O. Palmer Robertson’s 2000 book, The Israel of God: Yesterday, Today, … Continue reading →

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Review of Christ’s Prophetic Plans: A Futuristic Premillennial Primer

Posted on December 23, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

John MacArthur and Richard Mayhue, ed.  Christ’s Prophetic Plans: A Futuristic Premillennial Primer.  Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2012. I would like to thank Moody Publishers for my review copy of this book.  See here for Moody’s page about the book. Christ’s … Continue reading →

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Questions about Luke 22, and Why Luke Said Jesus Was Innocent

Posted on October 18, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

My church finished its Bible study on Luke last night.  We were going through Luke: Gospel of Reassurance With Michael Card.  Because my pastor and his wife will be away next week, we went through two lessons last night.  In … Continue reading →

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