The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace

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And now, unleashing God's truth one verse at a time, here's Grace to You Bible teacher

John MacArthur.

Gentlemen, here we are at our Q&A session and I'm going to provide the cues and Dr. MacArthur

will provide the a's.

That much I have figured out.

For the last two years, let's start there.

The last two years have been a colossal shift for so many and I wonder if you've seen

anything like this before.

You've been at this church 53 years.

Is this truly unprecedented or is it the same thing you've been dealing with for decades?

No, it is truly unprecedented.

And I would even say this, it's probably been the most energizing, most thrilling, most

sanctified fun I've had in half a century.

So I've loved every minute of it every day of it every week of it, the adventure, the

sense of expectation when people came to church and wanted me to help them sort out the

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