{"id":10183,"date":"2025-01-06T09:45:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T16:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=10183"},"modified":"2025-01-07T08:40:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:40:58","slug":"grace-community-church-provides-update-on-pastor-john-macarthurs-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/06\/grace-community-church-provides-update-on-pastor-john-macarthurs-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace Community Church Provides Update on Pastor John MacArthur\u2019s Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>John MacArthur has been in the hospital for a couple weeks as they try to figure out what is wrong and come up with a treatment (personally I suspect all the white coat treatments he&#8217;s received already). I&#8217;ll include a wonderful sermon below which actually covers how its better to be absent from the body and present with the Lord, though mainly about our resurrection and resurrection bodies. Our current bodies are tied to this decaying universe which will be destroyed, for which we&#8217;ll need new bodies to go with heaven and an entirely new created universe, along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2023\/08\/31\/the-second-death-vs-royalty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new Jerusalem<\/a>. Consequently, there are so few men that have been such reliable preachers who have finished well, though in our selfishness, we wish him to remain if the extraction of the church is near enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Resurrection of Believers\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fnn0rtxRfdI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/protestia.com\/2025\/01\/05\/grace-community-church-provides-update-on-pastor-john-macarthurs-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/protestia.com\/2025\/01\/05\/grace-community-church-provides-update-on-pastor-john-macarthurs-health\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_039a4059-a105-4b04-82ee-3905d505cd7b\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>By David Morrill<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/protestia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/17361139530968130187990932920491.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Grace Community Church provided an update on Pastor John MacArthur\u2019s health to the congregation before the Sunday morning service on January 5th:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Those who attend Grace Church or follow the ministry of our pastor are already aware that he suffered a series of health issues that kept him out of the pulpit and required three surgeries in the second half of 2024.<br><br>His recovery has been slower than expected, with occasional setbacks affecting his heart, lungs, and kidneys. Doctors have not yet discovered any single root cause for these diverse troubles, and Pastor John has been hospitalized for the past two weeks, undergoing tests and treatments.<br><br>Please pray for him and for the physicians who are handling his case\u2014for the physicians, that they will identify a suitable treatment or treatments; and for John, that he will recover strength and health enough to resume public ministry. John and his family covet your prayers.<br><br>Please pray earnestly and steadfastly. John\u2019s desire is to return to his beloved church soon.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We are praying for his swift recovery and return to the pulpit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Elder Tom Patton of Grace Community Church gave an update today on John MacArthur\u2019s health. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1xHhS3bwwi\">pic.twitter.com\/1xHhS3bwwi<\/a>\u2014 Protestia (@Protestia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Protestia\/status\/1876071634882445769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John MacArthur has been in the hospital for a couple weeks as they try to figure out what is wrong and come up with a treatment (personally I suspect all the white coat treatments he&#8217;s received already). 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