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Grace to You iPhone App
Grace to You is now offering a free iPhone app that allows you access to vast amounts of material from John MacArthur.
MacArthur and Pragmatism
And while we’re talking about Johnny Mac, he’s continuing his series of articles with a look at the always-important subject of pragmatism.
Fools Rush In
Carl Trueman takes the blogosphere to the woodshed and for good reason. “Some weeks ago a friend forwarded me a link to the blog of an American Christian academic. Now, at the risk of protesting too much, I must stress that I don’t read blogs - I really don’t read blogs - unless, that is, they are sent to me by someone else. Sufficient to my own life is the tedium and banality contained therein; I really have no interest in compounding such with the tedium and banality contained in the lives of other people.”
The Princess and the Frog
Russell Moore provides a review of Disney’s newest movie. “As one who grew up right across the state line from New Orleans and spent most of my young life romping through its streets and marshes, I took my family to see Disney’s latest animated film “The Princess and the Frog,” set in the Crescent City and the bayous around it.”
Deal of the Day: Flip MinoHD
Amazon’s Gold Box deal today is the Flip MinoHD, one of those products that everyone seems to want this year. And they’ve got it at a great price.
Grace to You is now offering a free iPhone app that allows you access to vast amounts of material from John MacArthur.
MacArthur and Pragmatism
And while we’re talking about Johnny Mac, he’s continuing his series of articles with a look at the always-important subject of pragmatism.
Fools Rush In
Carl Trueman takes the blogosphere to the woodshed and for good reason. “Some weeks ago a friend forwarded me a link to the blog of an American Christian academic. Now, at the risk of protesting too much, I must stress that I don’t read blogs - I really don’t read blogs - unless, that is, they are sent to me by someone else. Sufficient to my own life is the tedium and banality contained therein; I really have no interest in compounding such with the tedium and banality contained in the lives of other people.”
The Princess and the Frog
Russell Moore provides a review of Disney’s newest movie. “As one who grew up right across the state line from New Orleans and spent most of my young life romping through its streets and marshes, I took my family to see Disney’s latest animated film “The Princess and the Frog,” set in the Crescent City and the bayous around it.”
Deal of the Day: Flip MinoHD
Amazon’s Gold Box deal today is the Flip MinoHD, one of those products that everyone seems to want this year. And they’ve got it at a great price.
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Comments (7)
Is “Johnny Mac” appropriate?
WWJMT? What would Johnny Mac think? Would he appreciate “Johnny Mac”? How about J-Mac Daddy?
Is “Johnny Mac” appropriate
Yeah, he’s fine with it, I think. Several times I’ve heard him laugh about that monicker (by which he’s known among the students at the college, etc).
See “Johnny Mac” as a term of endearment, not anything disparaging…
I don’t understand why someone gets upset when people have fun with names, especially when it’s obviously in a good-natured way. My first name is Marshall, which (apart from the classic “Marshall Mallow” = bad Marshall in Spanish) is a fairly boring name to play with (if you have any ideas, have at it). But I’ve never understood why people don’t like their names played with like this. I guess it’s a personal thing.
Anyway, the reason I came down here, I really enjoyed MacArthur’s article. The issue of pragmatism is something I often find myself slipping into. The article is a good reminder or not only why it’s dangerous but also why we tend to slip into it. Thanks for linking it up.
-Marshall Jones Jr.
If it sheds any light on the matter, MacArthur refers to himself as ‘Johnny Mac’ in the recent T4G video where he discusses his high-school football coach’s conversion to Christianity. Didn’t seem to be a big deal for him.
I’ve also heard him tell about how it often brings tears to his eyes, knowing that the students think of him as Johnny Mac.