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John Fullerton MacArthur, Jr. (born June 19, 1939) is an American pastor and author known for his internationally syndicated radio program ''Grace to You''. He has been the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, California since February 9, 1969 and also currently is the president of The Master's College in Newhall, California and The Master's Seminary in Los Angeles, California. Theologically, MacArthur is considered a Calvinist, and a strong proponent of expository preaching.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 last =MacArthur )〕 He has been acknowledged by ''Christianity Today'' as one of the most influential preachers of his time, and was a frequent guest on ''Larry King Live'' as a representative of an evangelical Christian perspective. MacArthur has authored or edited more than 150 books, most notably the ''MacArthur Study Bible'', which has sold more than 1 million copies and received a Gold Medallion Book Award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1998 Gold Medallion Book Awards Winners )〕 Other best-selling books include his ''MacArthur New Testament Commentary Series'' (more than 1 million copies), ''Twelve Ordinary Men'', (more than 500,000 copies),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gold / Platinum / Diamond Book Awards - Past Award Recipients )〕 and the children's book ''A Faith to Grow On'', which garnered an ECPA Christian Book Award. == Biography == The son of Jack MacArthur and fifth cousin of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur, John MacArthur attended Bob Jones University before transferring to Los Angeles Pacific College (now Azusa Pacific University). He later obtained his Masters of Divinity from Biola University's Talbot Theological Seminary, in La Mirada, California. He graduated with honors. From 1964 to 1966, he served as an associate pastor at Calvary Bible Church, in Burbank, California and, from 1966 to 1969, as a faculty representative for Talbot Theological Seminary. Then, in 1969, he became the third pastor in the then-short history of the nondenominational Grace Community Church of Sun Valley, California. His daily radio program, ''Grace to You'', which is now broadcast throughout much of the world, began as an audio recording ministry to provide audio cassettes of his sermons to listeners. They were first broadcast in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1977.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=What's the history of Grace to You? )〕 In 1985, MacArthur became the president of The Master's College (formerly Los Angeles Baptist College), an accredited, four-year, liberal arts Christian college; and, in 1986, he founded The Master's Seminary. MacArthur also received an honorary doctorate from Talbot Theological Seminary〔(Diploma )〕 and an honorary doctorate from Grace Graduate School.〔(Diploma )〕 Nearly 43 years after beginning in the pulpit of Grace Community, MacArthur completed one his own life goals〔 of preaching through the entire New Testament on June 5, 2011, at the end of his projected target window, stated the previous January, to finish "some time in the summer."〔 In 2015, the MacArthur New Testament Commentary series was completed.〔http://www.bing.com/search?q=When+was+the+MacArthur+New+Testament+Commentary+Series+completed%3F&go=%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E9%80%81%E4%BF%A1&qs=bs&form=QBRE |john Macarthur - YouTube〕 MacArthur is married to Patricia and they have four children and fifteen grandchildren. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John F. MacArthur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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