Truth Endures is a commemorative book that celebrates John MacArthur’s fortieth anniversary as the Pastor-Teacher of Grace Community Church. It includes twelve of MacArthur’s landmark sermons spanning from 1969-2009, a testimony to how biblical expository preaching of the living Word of God has the timeless power to transform lives.

Phil Johnson writes,

“…this is merely a sampling of John MacArthur’s best-known and most important messages … This book was assembled entirely without John MacArthur’s knowledge, as a surprise to him, to honor him on his golden anniversary in ministry and his fortieth year as pastor of Grace Community Church.”

Also included is a 60-page essay by renowned biographer, Iain H. Murray, which serves as an introduction to the sermons. Murray’s work is not only fascinating in its detail, but it is also insightful in how it places the life and ministry of John MacArthur into historical context.

Twelve landmark sermons by John MacArthur: Click on each link below to read the transcript and/or download the MP3:

• How to Play Church (February 9, 1969)
• The Simple Gospel (December 26, 1976)
• Which Way to Heaven? (May 18, 1980)
• A Jet Tour Through Revelation (December 5, 1982)
• How to Obtain Eternal Life (May 29, 1983)
• The Purpose of Trials (June 8, 1986)
• Making the Hard Decisions Easy (July 20, 1986)
• Jesus’ Death Shows Us How to Live: A Look at the Seven Sayings on the Cross (March 26, 1989)
• 15 Words of Hope (April 23, 1995)
• A Biblical Perspective on Death, Terrorism, and the Middle East (September 16, 2001)
• The Starting Principle of Discipleship (November 3, 2002)
• The Childlikeness of Believers: Confronting Sin (January 6, 2008)

>>>Video: Retrospective on 40 Years – John MacArthur and Rick Holland<<<

>>>See end of post for links to sermons on the holiness of God.<<<

Isaiah 6:1-8 (NASB)
1 In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple.
2 Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
3 And one called out to another and said,

“Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts,
The whole earth is full of His glory.”

4 And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the temple was filling with smoke.
5 Then I said,

“Woe is me, for I am ruined!
Because I am a man of unclean lips,
And I live among a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.
7 He touched my mouth with it and said,

“Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven.”

8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying,

“Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?”

Then I said,

“Here am I. Send me!”

Sermons on the holiness of God:

• John MacArthur
  Experiencing the Presence of God

• Steve Lawson
  Standing Face to Face Before God’s Holiness I
  Standing Face to Face Before God’s Holiness II

• John Piper
  Holy, Holy, Holy Is the Lord of Hosts

• D.A. Carson
  Vision of a Holy God