A biography for John MacArthurhasn’t been written yet.
“There were some things that settled into my heart very early into my life and ministry... The two most dominant realities that captivated my heart very early in my Christian experience were the authority of Scripture and the necessity of holiness.”
“You cannot unify a church on any other foundation than agreement on sound doctrine.”
“In ministry, success cannot be measured numerically or by popular opinion.”
“The Gospel offends the sinner and seeks to break the sinner's comfort and contentment by bringing him into stark realization of the eternal judgement of God.”
“I've said so often to pastors, if your sermon can't get out of your zip code throw it away. It has to be transcendent. If it can't be translated into another language then it's not a right reflection of the word of God.”
“The relentless study of the Word of God is how God sanctifies and protects the pastor. When you're just opening your iPad and reading somebody else's sermon, you've never been exposed to the sanctifying work of the Word.”
“I wouldn't fight for religious freedom because I won't fight for idolatry. Why would I fight for the devil to have as many false religions as possible and all of them to be available to everyone?”
“The whole purpose of the Christian message is to confront the sinner's sin so you can call the sinner to repentance and forgiveness. The sinner doesn't like that.”
“We want to lead Catholics to Christ. I believe it is a false religion.”
“I think that the Charismatic movement has significantly diminished worship. It has taken it out of the area of truth, out of the mind, and reduced it to the feelings of the flesh.”
“The true people of God have always had to battle the false prophets and the liars.”
“I do not like to give short answers.”
“To say I support religious freedom is to say I support idolatry. It's to say I support lies. I support Hell. I support the kingdom of darkness. You can't say that.”
“Just because you have the skill to sell jewelry on the TV sales channel doesn't mean you should be preaching.”
“Of course, my biblical hero apart from the Lord Jesus Christ is the Apostle Paul.”
“Being a pastor means you're a truth teller. That means you're truth teller when it comes to the Bible. That means you protect your people from deception that comes from the world. That's part of being a shepherd.”
“No Christian with half a brain would say 'we support religious freedom.'”
“The notion of a secular state is a lie.”
“Christians have been trying to help Jesus build His Kingdom by striking a deal with the devil. Every effort to advance the Kingdom by means of the world's schemes is a stumbling block to Christ and His cause. Pragmatism wants to find a way around any kind of pain or difficulty.”
“Nations are obligated to worship the true God.Did you hear what I just said? They're obligated to worship the true God and there are dire circumstances that will come upon them if they fail to do that... That is not an option; that is a divine command.”