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It is free for all to read online at, and when each book is finished, I send a free digital copy to everyone who is on my email list.īut I did not just seek to write a free commentary. It is the Grace Commentary because it is the Free Commentary. Grace means “free” and so one of the reasons I have named this the “Grace Commentary” is because I strive to make them available for free. You will often hear Calvinists say that God causes things like rape and murder, but He is not the author of such things.įiled Under: Approach Approach to the Grace Commentary If God’s primary attribute is sovereignty, then God can do whatever He wants, and it is okay for Him to do it, even though it may appear sinful to us. Transitioning from viewing holiness as God’s primary attribute rather than sovereignty caused a seismic shift in my theology. However, about twelve years ago, I began to move away from Calvinism by seeing that IF Scripture lists one attribute of God as primary, it would be the holiness of God (cf. I also had a hierarchy of attributes to God, which helped shape my understanding of Scripture.įor example, when I was a hyper-Calvinist, I viewed the Sovereignty of God as His primary attribute. The one God is then a sum of all His attributes. The sections on “Theology Proper” are often little more than a cataloged list of God’s characteristics and attributes. If you look in most theology books, this is how God is viewed. I used to think of God as the sum total of His attributes, and depending on what point in theology I was trying to make, I would focus on one attribute or another. Probably the primary area of theology that has changed in the past few years is my view of God. Bible Introductions - Revelation (No.One reason I am writing this Grace Commentary is to feel out and flesh out a new approach to God that I have been mulling over in my head.Bible Introductions - 2 Thessalonians (No.Bible Introductions - 1 Thessalonians (No.Bible Introductions - Philippians (No.Bible Introductions - 2 Corinthians (No.Bible Introductions - 1 Corinthians (No.Bible Introductions - Lamentations (No.Bible Introductions - Song of Songs (No.Bible Introductions - Ecclesiastes (No.Bible Introductions - 2 Chronicles (No.Bible Introductions - 1 Chronicles (No.Bible Introductions - Deuteronomy (No.They also enjoy the enthusiastic company of their fifteen grandchildren. John and his wife, Patricia, live in Southern California and have four married children: Matt, Marcy, Mark, and Melinda.
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All of John's 3,000 sermons, spanning more than four decades of ministry, are available for free on the Grace to You website. Founded in 1969, Grace to You is the nonprofit organization responsible for developing, producing, and distributing John’s books, audio resources, and the “Grace to You” radio and television programs. John is also president and featured teacher with Grace to You. Under John’s leadership, Grace Community Church's two morning worship services fill the 3,500-seat auditorium to capacity. The emphasis of his pulpit ministry is the careful study and verse-by-verse exposition of the Bible, with special attention devoted to the historical and grammatical background behind each passage. In 1969, after graduating from Talbot Theological Seminary, John came to Grace Community Church. John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, as well as an author, conference speaker, president of The Master’s University and Seminary, and featured teacher with the Grace to You media ministry.
