What is John F. MacArthur?
{{Infobox Person |name= John F. MacArthur, Jr. |image=John F. MacArthur Jr..JPG |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1939|6|14|mf=y}} |birth_place= [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] }} '''John Fullerton MacArthur Jr.''' (born June 19, 1939) is a [[United States]] [[Calvinism|Reformed]] [[evangelicalism|evangelical]] [[Bible]] [[teacher]], [[writer]] and [[pastor]]. He is known for his [[radio]] [[radio program|program]] called ''Grace to You''. He is the editor of the ''[[MacArthur Study Bible]]'', which won a [[Gold Medallion Book Award]] for Bibles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecpa.org/christianbookawards/gm1998.php |title=1998 Gold Medallion Book Awards Winners |accessdate=2008-05-29 }}</ref> He was born in [[Los Angeles, California]]. MacArthur earned [[academic degree]]s from [[Talbot Theological Seminary]].<ref>{{cite web|title=John F. MacArthur - The Master's Seminary|url=http://www.tms.edu/facprofile.asp?profid=7|access-date=2008-07-16|archive-date=2008-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423071610/http://www.tms.edu/facprofile.asp?profid=7|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is now the pastor-teacher of [[Grace Community Church]], a [[megachurch]] in southern California, and the president of [[The Master's]] [[College]] and The Master's [[Seminary]]. He has written many [[book]]s and has been a guest on [[Larry King]]'s [[television]] [[talk show]] many times as a representative of [[conservatism|conservative]] evangelical [[Christianity]]. His opinions about [[lordship salvation]], [[church growth]] methods, and the use of [[psychology]] are [[controversy|controversial]] in Christian circles. In late December 2024, MacArthur was hospitalized for problems caused by recent [[heart]] [[surgery|surgeries]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/john-macarthur-hospitalized-recovering-slower-than-expected.html|title=John MacArthur hospitalized, facing ‘slower than expected’ recovery from surgeries|publisher=Christian Post|accessdate=January