Man's relationship to God in creation was based on works. What Adam failed to achieve, Christ, the second Adam, succeeded in achieving. Ultimately the only way one can be justified is by works. (R.C.Sproul) Works! Works! A man gets to heaven by works? I would as soon think of climbing to the moon on a rope of sand! (George Whitefield) “With the wolves you cannot be too severe. With the weak sheep you cannot be too gentle.” (Martin Luther on false teachers)

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

JM

On Facebook, there is an app. that asks the question: Which Contemporary Preacher are You? I 'panned-out' as John MacArthur. I have to say: he would not be my very most favorite preacher, but, hey, I could do/be a lot worse. I'm not saying he's bad, at all. Quite the contrary - I'm saying that, among contemporary preachers, there are a few that I would 'prefer to be'. He's okay - no, he's great. Just not AS great as some (very few) others, IMO.

Anyway, here's a JM quote that I think is very much 'to the point', particularly as it relates to "contemporary preacher(s)".

“Pragmatism is the notion that meaning or worth is determined by practical consequences …the belief that usefulness is the standard of what is good. To a pragmatist…if a technique or course of action has the desired effect, it is good. If it doesn’t seem to work, it must be wrong.”
—MacArthur, Ashamed of the Gospel, xii.
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