38 Pilate *said to Him, “What is truth?”
And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and *said to them, “I find no guilt in Him. John 18:38 (LSB)
I just did a quick inventory of the number of books in my personal library that were from Dr. John MacArthur. I counted 13 books which included two John MacArthur NASB Study Bibles. One is much older than the other. A few of these books were gifts, but most were ones I bought myself. One of those was his book The Truth War. Al Mohler wrote a short review of this book that is on the back cover, which I have transcribed below.
“[The postmodern age] is the age of no truth, an age that has reached a point of deadly fatigue when it comes to facing the truth-a generation that no longer believes truth can be known. Dr. John MacArthur knows better, and he is armed with the courage to confront this age with a bold defense of truth….His argument is compelling, his defense of truth is brilliant, and his concern for the church is evident on every page. The evangelical church desperately needs this book, and it arrives just in time.” – R. Albert Mohler, Jr., President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
I mourned when Dr. MacArthur died last summer. Look back at those months. We lost Voddie Baucham and not long after that Charlie Kirk was assassinated. Dr. R.C. Sproul died in 2017. I remember watching a video of John MacArthur reflecting on R.C. Sproul and how his death had affected him I was very surprised. I knew they had been working together more and more, but I was not really aware that they had become close friends. However, to me, it just seemed like I was losing all my mentors one by one. Charlie Kirk was a tremendous example for those of us who contend for the faith using discernment. Voddie Bacham was always one of those preachers I went to on YouTube when I needed encouragement. I went to R.C. Sproul for doctrinal direction. His ministry is still very much alive and I still use it. What’s my point? Our enemy is working overtime to discourage those who do this type of work because we are all about showing the Body of Christ how vital it is to stay totally focused on the Word of God as His revealed truth to us and the enemy has his workers pretending to be on our side who are doing everything they can to deny that and get believers to be self-focused rather than spirit-led and that means to become focused on the here and now rather than the eternal. That is why he works so hard to get believers to not be so dependent on the Word of God and to sit under that teaching and preaching that is fully immersed in the truth of God’s Word rather than the secular. <Continue reading post>