John MacArthur Gets Booted Off the Bible Broadcasting Network

[JM]

Eariler this month John MacArthur was ejected from Bible Broadcasting Network for teaching what they call "Election/Hyper-Calvinism" which they claim has brought much confusion to their listeners. The network asserts that there is no human answer to the sovereignty of God and the "free will of man". Both, they claim, are clear biblical teachings but beyond our human comprehension. Their evidence is to claim that for every verse which says, "God chose" there is one that says, "Whosoever will may come".
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Read the rest of it here: http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/Macarthur02.html

What do you think?

 

[Cal]

Read the rest of it here: http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/Macarthur02.html

What do you think?

Thx for the info, I suggest everyone write the BBN and protest. I wonder if MacArthur would be banned from Christian Forums as well?

 

[Imblessed]

Excellent article! I have a bunch of those verses listed now, so I can have them on hand when I get questioned about my beliefs!


BTW, I think it's pretty sad that they called him a hyper-calvinist, he certainly wasn't condemning non-calvinists to hell. It's hard to find good calvinist teachings on the radio and t.v. It definately goes against the grain of american thinking.....

 

[JM]

Here's the link to tell them what you think.

http://www.bbnradio.org/bbn/forms/contact_us/contact_us_main_page.asp

 

[Beoga]

good reading, to bad macarthur got kicked off. I love macarthur, he is one of my favorite authors/pastors.

 

[Bulldog]

It seems like they have no clue as to what "Hyper-Calvinism" really is.

 

[Donny_B]

The station management must be confused as to MacArthur's views, and I registered my protest to BBN, which I have supported in the past. While MacArthur's "Grace to You" can be heard locally on 2 other local radio stations, as well as on the internet, I told them it was unfair to those in their radio audience who did not have other ways to listen to him, and asked that they would restore the program.

 

[cygnusx1]

I always liked John MacArthur.

I enjoyed his book on the Charismatics.

 

[oworm]

John McArthurs Bible studies were instrumental in my formative Christian years. I thinks its sad for those listeners who can only access him through BBN.

It doesnt surprise me though in these days of Man centered theology

 

[JM]

Has anyone written in to protest?

 

[cygnusx1]

" Our age loudly proclaims man's self-importance. Commercials tell us we deserve a break, a better car, better food, better clothing--more of the "good life. " Mankind's problems are often diagnosed as a lack of self-esteem. Yet the Bible says that "all have turned aside, together they have become useless; there is none who does good, there is not even one" (Rom. 3:12). Far from affirming man's esteem for himself, Scripture puts these words in the mouth of the discerning: "All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away" (Isa. 64:6, NIV). For God to be properly honored and glorified, why must every Christian understand that salvation is a work of pure grace?"

http://www.biblebb.com/files/MAC/sg80-46.htm

 

[JM]

Because it sets up all other theological understandings of God and His work.

 

[cygnusx1]

"The work of God in salvation reflects upon the nature of both God and man. When John wrote, "See how great a love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God" (1 John 3:1), he was commenting on God's great love and man's corruption. Thomas Watson wrote, "To make you thankful, consider, when you had offended God, he called you; when God needed you not, but had millions of glorified saints and angels to praise him, he called you. Consider what you were before God called you. " (Thomas Watson, A Body of Divinity [Edinburgh: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1978 reprint], p. 225). The doctrine of sovereign election, properly understood, produces profound gratitude to God in the hearts of believers. How has it affected your life?"


http://www.biblebb.com/files/MAC/sg80-46.htm

 

[JoshuaWorth]

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[tigersnare]

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Happy Saturday

 

[cygnusx1]

Happy Saturday

if your trying to do the sums.............he he he