Hi, I'm Phil Johnson, and this is Grace to You featuring the Bible teaching of John MacArthur.

You're going to hear from John soon, but we're also doing something special today and for the next couple of weeks.

If you're a regular listener to Grace to You, you know that at the end of each program, we invite you to join us for our next broadcast,

and I always extend that invitation on behalf of the

entire Grace to You staff. Well, I want you to meet some of our staff. You know that our staff

is made up of men and women from a variety of backgrounds, and they do a variety of jobs,

but we all have a couple of things in common. For one thing, we're all believers in Christ. We've all received

salvation in Christ, and each of us has been influenced and strengthened by the Bible teaching

of John MacArthur. And so a few months ago, we asked our staff, what is your favorite John

MacArthur sermon? Obviously, it's hard to choose just one sermon out of more than

3,600. And in fact, some of our staff couldn't pick just one. But many of them did. And so today we're

launching a series made up of 10 of those messages. We're going to call this series John MacArthur's

most memorable sermon. So as we get

started, I have with me in studio today, Jay Flowers. Welcome, Jay. Thank you, Phil. Jay has worn many

hats in his long tenure with our ministry. How long have you been here? It'll be 36 years, just in a

couple of months. Wow. And he is now our chief operating officer.

And Jay, you chose the message that we're airing today. It's called 15 Words of Hope.

It's a great choice, by the way. What made this sermon stand out to you?

Well, the passage itself is one that John has taught many times, 2 Corinthians

521. He's taught it multiple times at Grace Church, and I think because of that, Grace to

you had to give it various titles. But if you were to go to our website or go on our app and look

for sermons on 2nd Corinthians 521, you'd find multiple versions of it, but it's still

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