Quipping that the “rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated,” pastor John MacArthur said this week he feels great and is ready to preach again. The pastor of Grace Community Church in California had not preached since last year, when a series of health issues landed him in the hospital. He is best known for his books, commentaries, and Grace to You broadcasts. He is 85.
“I feel fine. I’m not ill at all,” he said in a video posted on the Grace to You social media accounts. “My heart is working well. My lungs are working well.
“There’s nothing terminal that I’m experiencing. There’s no heart failure. In fact, my heart is probably stronger now than it’s been in the last decade of my life. I’m under good care from the doctors.”
MacArthur underwent a series of heart procedures in recent months.
“The issue for me was when they were trying to regulate everything because I had a lung surgery and three heart procedures, they put me in the hospital, and I had to be there seven weeks,” he said. “So all I can say at this point is: I feel great. I’m ready to come roaring back into the public and pick up my ministry again.”
He wrote on X (formerly Twitter) alongside a smiling…
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