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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here's Grace to You, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

Alright, thanks for being here.

I've been asked to moderate this and nobody gave me any guidelines or limitations.

So that's a harbinger of trouble, as you know.

I'm going to start with two innocuous questions and then I want to get into some controversial stuff.

So let me ask the two innocuous questions of each of you and just ask you not to fill a buster

because we need time for the controversial stuff.

So, alright, yesterday John you said that humility is the key to enduring faithfulness.

And then Dr. Ferguson said likewise that the two sins that undermine faithfulness

and cause more ministerial downfall than anything else are laziness and pride.

So you both agree that humility is vital and watching you John for 36, 37 years.

I would say discipline is also one of the secrets of your longevity.

And so here we have a panel of some of the most disciplined, productive, prolific, non-slothful panel.

And so let me ask each of you two questions and you can answer them.

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