John MacArthur (Fasto na Amurka)

**John Fullerton MacArthur Jr.** (Yuni 19, 1939 - Yuli 14, 2025) ya kasance fasto ne na Baptist na Amurka, masanin tauhidi, marubuci, kuma mai watsa shirye-shirye. Shi ne wanda ya kafa Grace to You, shirin koyar da Littafi Mai-Tsarki na rediyo da talabijin na kasa. Ya kuma kasance fasto na dogon lokaci na Grace Community Church, cocin da ba na addini ba a Sun Valley, California daga 1969 har zuwa mutuwarsa a shekara ta 2025. Bugu da ƙari, MacArthur ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban jami'ar The Master's University da The Master'S Seminary, dukansu suna zaune a Santa Clarita, California.

MacArthur an san shi da bayar da shawarwari game da wa'azin bayani, kuma Kiristanci A Yau ya gane shi a matsayin daya daga cikin masu wa'ajin Kirista mafi tasiri na zamaninsa.[1] MacArthur ya rubuta ko ya shirya littattafai sama da 150. Littafinsa na MacArthur Study Bible ya sayar da fiye da miliyan ɗaya kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta Gold Medallion Book.[2] A cikin 2021, ya yi aiki tare da ƙungiyar daga The Master's Seminary da Gidauniyar Lockman don samar da Legacy Standard Bible (LSB), sabuntawa na fitowar 1995 na New American Standard Bible (NASB).

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi John MacArthur a ranar 19 ga Yuni, 1939, a Los Angeles, California, ga mai wa'azin rediyo na Baptist Jack MacArthur da Irene Dockendorf . Ya kasance jikan ministan Anglican na Kanada Harry MacArthur (d. 1950). A cikin wata hira ta 1979, ya bayyana cewa yana da "dangi mai nisa da Janar Douglas MacArthur [...] dan uwan na biyar".  

Bayan bin hanyar mahaifinsa, MacArthur ya halarci Jami'ar Bob Jones a Greenville, South Carolina daga 1957 zuwa 1959. Bayan shekara guda, ya shiga Kwalejin Los Angeles Pacific (wanda ke da alaƙa da Ikilisiyar Free Methodist) a shekara ta 1960. Ya sami digiri na Master of Divinity a 1964 daga Talbot Theological Seminary, makarantar digiri na Cibiyar Nazarin Littafi Mai-Tsarki ta Los Angeles a La Mirada, California . 

## Ayyuka
Lokacin da MacArthur yake a Jami'ar Bob Jones, mahaifinsa ya ɗauke shi zuwa ƙungiyar *Muryar Calvary*, sau da yawa ana watsa shi a rediyo na Kirista a Kudancin California. Sa'an nan, daga 1964 zuwa 1966, mahaifinsa ya hayar da shi ya zama mataimakin fasto a cocin Harry MacArthur Memorial Bible Church (yanzu cocin Littafi Mai-Tsarki na Calvary) a Burbank, California, wanda mahaifinsa Jack ya dasa kuma ya sanya masa suna ga mahaifinsa. Daga 1966 zuwa 1969, John MacArthur ya yi aiki a matsayin wakilin kwalejin Talbot Theological Seminary . A ranar 9 ga Fabrairu, 1969, an kawo shi a matsayin na uku kuma mafi ƙanƙanta har yanzu, fasto a cocin Grace Community Church na Sun Valley, unguwar Los Angeles kusa da Burbank.

## Matsayi na tauhidi

### Calvinism
John MacArthur ya ci gaba da bin addinin Calvinism na maki biyar (cikakken lalata, zabe mara iyaka, iyakantaccen kafara, alheri mai ban sha'awa da juriya ga tsarkaka).

### Cessationism
John MacArthur ya kasance mai tsattsauran ra'ayi, wanda ya yi imani da "kyautar alama", kamar annabci da aka bayyana a cikin Littafi Mai-Tsarki, an ba da shi ga manzanni na ɗan lokaci don tabbatar da asalin da gaskiyar nassosi. Ya ci gaba da cewa an daina ba da waɗannan kyaututtuka bayan ƙarshen Zamanin Manzanni, bayan sun cika manufar. MacArthur ya kasance sanannen mai sukar ci gaba da imani na Pentecostalism da ƙungiyar Charismatic, wanda ke tabbatar da cewa Allah yana ci gaba da ba da kyauta ta ruhaniya a yau. Ya rubuta littattafai uku a kan batun. A watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2013, cocinsa ya dauki bakuncin "Strange Fire Conference" don nuna ƙaddamar da littafinsa, Strange Fire  wanda ke nuna masu magana daban-daban waɗanda ke ba da shawarar tauhidin cessationist kuma suna sukar ƙungiyar Charismatic .  [1]

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