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Appreciating John MacArthur
By Jonathan Rowe Thu Aug 07, 2008 at 01:21:26 PM EST printable version print story
In many ways, John MacArthur typifies a preacher of biblical evangelical orthodox Christianity. He believes in a literal six day creation and that all who reject Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior face eternal damnation. Further, on hot button cultural issues like gay rights and abortion, MacArthur is squarely on the other side of Talk To Action.

So what could Talk To Action possibly find "praiseworthy" about this figure?

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He is explicitly anti-dominionist and will have none of the historical revisionism of David Barton et al. Indeed, his theology -- which has a rich heritage in biblical orthodoxy -- holds that you submit to civil authorities, no matter who they are, and as such rebellion/revolution is sin. He argues America, by rebelling against Great Britain was conceived in "sin." This puts an arrow through the heart of Christian Nationalism.

Indeed Christian Nationalist Brannon Howse of Worldview Weekend calls MacArthur's position "nuts." Critics like Howse argue that while MacArthur knows theology he doesn't know history or politics. Well Dr. Gregg Frazer who teaches politics and history at the college where MacArthur is president knows those areas better than most of MacArthur's critics. You can see Dr. Frazer defend the historical and biblical case for "anti-dominionism" here at WorldNetDaily, responding to one of MacArthur's critics.




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