John MacArthur Sends Health Update to Congregants
Pastor John MacArthur sent a new health update to Grace Community Church congregants weeks after the venerated elder underwent surgery to clear a blockage in his arteries. At home recovering, he’s been taking a break from preaching duties while others lead in his stead.
The news was given by pastor Austin Duncan, who preached the sermon today. Austin is one of several pastors who has been mentioned as being a potential successor to MacArthur, and he reveals:
I’m eager to speak to you this morning from Psalm chapter 12. I come with good news and glad tidings from our pastor. I talked to him yesterday and he’s recovering well. He sounded strong as a bull- classic MacArthur.
He’s going to work three times harder when he gets back, I’m sure and continue to outrun us all. So grateful for good progress for his recovery and he’s doing well. He wanted me to let you know. So that’s good news.
While we don’t know MacArthur’s diagnosis, generally speaking, blocked arteries occur when the blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients from the heart to the rest of the body become narrowed or blocked by a buildup of plaque. This plaque comprises cholesterol, fat, and other substances in the blood.
Common in people over 60, blocked arteries can lead to serious health problems, such as chest pain, heart attacks and strokes. It is typically treated with lifestyle changes, medication, and surgery, such as:
- Angioplasty and stenting, which uses a small balloon to open the blocked artery and a stent to keep it open
- Coronary artery bypass surgery, which uses a blood vessel from another part of the body to bypass the blocked artery
We continue to prray for his swift and sure recovery.
h/t to Bible Thumping Wingnut on YouTube.
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Is Austin Duncan the son of Ligon Duncan, per chance?
No, Dante – he is no relation.
Brother of Tim Duncan, if I’m not mistaken.
Some of Duncan’s claims about Jesus on the cross in his message “Christ in the Psalms: Delivered to Death” several years ago in the GCC pulpit:
“Jesus was evil incarnate” Time Mark 43:58
“His distress, pain, trouble, misery, wretchedness, misfortune, sorrow, adversity, torment, and tribulation, is not ultimate.” Time mark 41:40
Jesus is abandoned by God: Time mark 15:40 – 19:00
God could not look upon sin especially in His own Son 17:38
Jesus bore our sins in His body on the cross 18:25
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No Christian should ever use the terms “wretchedness” and “misfortune” in describing Christ Jesus on the cross. Neither of those words are biblical and promote sin and happenstance, which clearly is impossible with the God of Scripture.
To accuse Christ as having sin “in” Him, and that He was “evil incarnate” is absolute blasphemy. He was without sin, a perfect and pleasing sacrifice on the cross in the place of elect sinners. Is. 53 as well as the New Testament say that the Father was well pleased with Him (always) and that He is without sin.
2Pe 1:17 For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory, “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased”—
Psa 22:24 For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither has He hidden His face from him; But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.
Better treatment of Christology: https://bcri.wordpress.com/2017/06/25/nor-has-he-hidden-his-face-from-him/