June 28, 2021 at 6:51 pm. It means that these believers use The Bible to align with their views and prejudices, which takes precedence; they dont deny themselves to follow Christ. How strange in this case the government got it right, and the Elders leading the local church got it wrong. Due to his visibility, I believe his hubris has tarnished both. Five years ago, Sproul resigned from his father's organization, Ligonier Ministries, after being arrested for drunk driving with his underage kids in the car. He seemed proud of his involvement in civil rights. Is this man so far above everyone that he must be protected and given such a level of loyalty that he cannot be perceived as even being capable of making a mistake? Sproul" and "exists to proclaim, teach, and defend the holiness of God in all its fullness to as many people as possible." Learn more: https://www.ligonier.org/about/ The conference theme was "Right Now Counts Forever." It has NO PLACE in the church or anywhere else. Get new articles and breaking news delivered to your inbox. So many times people want to believe they know the,situation. Unity in His Church is paramount right now and I refuse to even consider anything outside of that God given instruction to seek first His Kingdom, his righteousness and unity in His Church. Instead, it reads as gotcha journalism and bias on the site. Joyce, College-Age Positions: $100 for Training + $285 / Week Base Rate. Hi. Lordship salvation is the gospel of John macarthur and it is a false gospel different from the gospel of grace the apostles preached and the gospel that the reformers believed in (faith alone). JRR acts like judge and jury! The examples you use in scripture do not support or justify how you do your reporting. And it may not. Since the Lord does not change in turbulent times, we must live courageously and without compromise for His eternal truth.} Tom, you could say the same defending pedophiles or rapists. Enjoy these highlights. Pastor Heiland, there doesnt seem to be any reason to expect that being a great expositor or preacher or public speaker would overlap with being a good pastor. How would you counsel someone who struggles with unbelief / doubt [someone who lacks assurance]? Phils response is certainly not biblical and nowhere close to being christian. I am convinced that the problem we have is two fold: 1. What are you talking about! Sounds to me like youre a God hater? He confessed to punishing too harshly with a belt and rod, striking his kids on the head and feet and not being appropriately dressed when he was with his daughter. Ligonier Ministries is an international Christian discipleship organization founded by theologian Dr. R.C. John MacArthur is very good at exposing the sins of others, but he doesnt do well when its time to expose his own Sins! You know what you know, but youre in trouble if you think you know what you dont know . The conservative voice and Christian content are being silenced more and more. They continually chose to support an abuser over the victims of that abuse, even after the abuser admitted to his own abuse AND was found guilty in a court of law. He may start with faith alone, but he brings works into maintaining salvation and if you believe your works maintain your salvation, you are not saved, because no works can justify or maintain salvation before God. NO ADS! It is kind of like a baby with a pacifierJM tickles the ears of these work horses. John, Phil and the likes all presume to be teachers. We want to plant seeds everywhere we can. Guilty by association. So, Im assuming he really isnt well, and it seems cynical to think otherwise. The leadership always sides with the predator. Would you consider making a tax-deductible donation to help our journalists continue to report the truth and restore the church? 2023 National Conference | Ligonier Ministries Events 2. He makes excuses because he is siding with the predator, David Gray. Danny de Armas, the senior associate pastor, infamously offered a full-blown ecumenical statement devoid of any Gospel truth and antithetical to the teachings of Scripture by highlighting how many illegal immigrants, pro-choice demoncrats, and LGBTQ folkwere serving in his church. As Christians are pushed toward the margins of a hostile society, we cannot afford to surrender our convictions or to retreat in fear. Nor should you try to tarnish anyone whitout facts. The entire panel responded and every answer was great. If you should want to look at the video titles of all the events of the conference, just search Ligonier Conference 2021 and they will be listed. Interested in joining the Ligonier team? Ligonier Tours takes you to the places where significant events occurred, events that have shaped history. John MacArthur (March-20-2021) Watch Sermon: We all Need to Know this Truth. Ligonier Ministries helped me become confessionally Reformed and love our historic Christian faith! Grace even helped Gray launch and run a ministry in the prison, called Grace Prison Fellowship. And he also lied and said that he was sick, when clearly he wasnt, because he went golfing. Your gift now at year's end will enable Ligonier to continue this outreach into 2022 and beyond. ; Dan Bonville. Have you read the hand written confession David Gray gave to GCC? Its scary to repent of your past but know that someone could dig it up easily. The one thing I will never question is that my faith is Anchored in God alone no man, ministry, church or Denomination will change my faith. On September 18, 2021, Ligonier Ministries and RBC hosted Always Ready, a one-day apologetics youth conference to provide an overview of key issues in apologetics and give answers to some of the most common attacks on the Christian faith. I will miss his presents this year at Ligonier ministries conference. Records and eyewitnesses revealed that GCC told congregants that Gray was innocent and blamed his convictions on his ex-wife. W. Robert Godfrey and Derek Thomas will lead us through James 1 against the breathtaking landscape of Alaska. A Conservative Christian Elder Board, to be most precise. Well how can MacArthur justices crazy remarks after Charlottesville ?? (Ive read other reports where photos of unrelated people (as students in school and now pastors) lambasted for offering to babysit. The cancellation comes after revelations that MacArthur had apparently promoted a convicted child abuser and shamed the abusers wife. He answered Julie very disrespectful when she reported on Macarthurs homes. Sproul and exists to proclaim, teach, and defend the holiness of God in all its fullness to as many people as possible. Learn more: https://www.ligonier.org/about/. And they will also seek to obey the Lords commands and seek to flee from sin. Now about your sins that may or may not need the police to review!!!! 5) If John or his ministry does not respond then it will wrongly fall to his peers to awkwardly be targeted. God bless you Julie, for exposing John Maccarthurs hippocrisy. He sure did not. You are a follower of a cult leader. Julie Roys has proven that GCC knew of this, while at the same time ordering her to go home and submit to this monster. Questions & Answers with Godfrey, Lawson, Nichols, Parsons, and Thomas. [16:30 21m], Q6. In the Greek-speaking world in which this was communicated, elder was universally understood as being a man at least 60 years old. I believe he is in his 80s now. It sends out mixed messages. Julie, I know you believe it is right, but all the scriptures you use to justify your type of reporting is not in context with the scriptures. Sproul and Ligonier in their lives. 50 % off. Please let us know at info@calvinistcadets.org! I have no idea what youre referring to with the reference to people offering to babysit being lambasted. There is no mention of anything close to that in our article. If you cannot hold a pastor/teacher accountable here, and call him to repentance, when can you? Even when Jesus rebuked the Jews and flipped the table over in the temple it was done in front of believers. Our culture may suggest that nothing is of lasting significance, but as Christians, we know that God is at work all the time, now and forever, and so we must continue our work to spread and strengthen not only Cadets but Gods Kingdom. why didnt Ligonier take a stand against FBO as well? Grace is the higher law here, especially amongst believers. His character must be exemplary. August 2021 View Issue The History of Ligonier Ministries by Stephen J. Nichols Last Things Etched on a granite memorial in Point State Park in Pittsburgh are the words "A Place of International Consequence." This place, Three Rivers, played a pivotal role in the Colonial era. JUST STRAIGHT NEWS. Didnt he and his wife also have Covid and kept that a secret? They are clueless about how the Criminal Justice Process works. Saturday, 20 March 2021 00:41. Unless they presume to be sinless, why wouldnt they simply humbly graciously admit to the wrong they did and ask for forgiveness ? I wonder how Phil and Justin are gonna spin this? May the consequences of his actions draw him closer to the Lord in full repentance and even thank God that he was stopped. There is no way for us to know for sure at this time and we maybe never will. He many have had to cancel because he is not well, just as he said. I know that kindness and acts of service towards me by Christians, along with clear preaching of the Gospel from the Book of Romans are what compelled me to seek and trust the Lord. Matthew 18:15-17 On March 18-20, 2021, Ligonier Ministries hosted its 2021 National Conference, celebrating fifty years since the ministry's founding. Total Codes. Jesus made the pattern very clear. This is devasting to me. Grace Community Church was given a *written confession* by David Gray before MacArthur publicly shamed her for not submitting to him. Interested in joining the Ligonier team? Leadership Positions: Summer salary based on position & experience. Disappointing. Have you read the affidavit of another pastor who heard the tapes of these counseling sessions and verified Eileens account? Give a gift of $30 or more to The Roys Report this month, and you will receive a copy of Escaping the Maze of Spiritual Abuse by Dr. Lisa Oakley and Justin Humphreys. You are misunderstanding and misrepresenting what John has preached and written on the topic. It only proves that some folks believe the worst about others no matter what they say. John Mac Arthur is a great expositor but he failed at being a good Pastor in this case. Tim Sykes who gives you the ability to believe. But nothing brings a person or an event to life like being there. May God bless all his children as we all seek his face! For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. When Moses spoke with God, was that a real manifestation of God or what? The difference is I can ask for forgiveness and repent of my ways. Announcing Our 2021 Conference in Detroit. This article has been updated to include information that MacArthur cancelled the event at Calvary Baptist Church due to family health issues. How Phil and Justin Peters and the like can defend this man is amazing, but he does write their checks. Dropping them dragging them, locking them in a closet. Now, for some reason, hes the expert and the medical community is part of some world order that has misled us on Covid-19 for evil purposes!?! Its primary teaching fellows include Sinclair Ferguson, Steve Lawson, Steven Nichols, Albert Mohler and Burk Parsons. Ligonier 2021 Pittsburgh Conference. Neither the church nor MacArthur has responded. Are we so deceived by men that we find it impossible for John to need to be in need of correction? So unless youre one of the victims you dont have anything tosay that would be factual about the case. The conference theme was Right Now Counts Forever. Attendees were often reminded that God is at work in everything, including the current moment, so that what we do in the present matters forever. Ding!) Ralph Thank you thank you thank you. Others had been Cadets or counselors themselves at some point and were happy to become reacquainted. What is the Westminster Confession of Faith? Ephesians 5:11-13 says Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. Opinion: John MacArthurs Church Let Her Down. He admitted to often being nude with his daughter. Over the last ten years, listeners of Renewing Your Mind have been greeted each day by the friendly voice of Lee Webb. Only by walking in the settled paths of God's Word can the church of Jesus Christ serve Him faithfully in a changing world. Give him and us a break please! If they had we wouldnt be having this discussion. I perceive that you are have been indoctrinated with a form of very unhealthy tribalism that is contrary to fundamental kingdom values. Perhaps the man is truly sick. I know I am saved by Grace alone. Dont forgettomorrow is the last day to save 50% on admission to the 2022 National Conference in Orlando. When a preacher, who doesnt meet those conditions, preaches from the pulpit even when he is biblically accurate but then fails to walk the walk and seems only able to talk the talk, he then fails to respect the very reason for being allowed to preach in the first place. You may as well say to a Christian policeman that he cant arrest anyone, in case the suspect turns out that they are Christian or claims to be. He needs to be biblically qualified and he isnt. I have faith in the teaching of Pastor John and can see there are constant attacks on his ministry to compromise the Gospel of Jesus Christ. A particular thought pattern now permeates our civic discourse: We dont have to believe what they say, because they are dishonest, unfair. (Brad Schoolfield) Recently, news broke that Ligonier Ministries scheduled their 2022 National Conference at First Baptist Orlando, which concludes this weekend. The more you study your Bible, the more you will come to appreciate such pastors. CITs: $50 for training + $80 / Week Base Rate. The Bible wouldnt lay out the qualifications for preaching if it were not that important. All rights reserved, West Coast Ministers Conference | Devoted to Christs Church, Seth the nameless man: A key condition for Revival. Cynthia Wright. The GCC website, under the About tab, has one webpage listing for Leadership and a different webpage listing (current) Elders with very little overlap. Another factor may be that she doesnt have the pressure to meet deadlines (doesnt have to churn out news product) so she can take the time needed for good reporting. The child molester has learned the language and the customs of the church and has figured out the logic and the value system and theology of the elders. As we study the Apostles essential teachings on the character of God, we will be joyfully motivated to act on His Word and to live for His glory. Julies reporting is biblically sound. While Im great full for GTYs ministry in past years I question what was going on then that none of us knew. There wasnt just one incident of acting horrible and then it was over. We have transgender, LGBTQ, straight, single, married, divorced and cohabitating people. . What is the future church facing? How can one grow in the fear of God and decrease in the fear of man? Go ahead and say that you are going to stand by John MacArthur regardless of what he has done. These men are wonderful brothers in the faith, many having decades long faithful ministries that have benefited an untold amount of believers..