It’s been impossible for me to miss the controversy that’s been brewing in Southern California between Governor Gavin Newsome and Sun Valley’s Grace Community Church as led by their pastor-teacher, John MacArthur.

As a former member of Grace, and graduate of The Master’s Seminary, it’s been interesting for me to consider his recent refusal to comply with the governor’s unconstitutional (and therefore, illegal) order against gatherings in places of worship. His boldness and courage are a stark contrast to the myriad of evangelical leaders who genuflected at the feet of the social justice mob just a couple short months prior and are criticizing him for taking a stand on the lordship of Jesus over human government.

This entire situation has me curiously pondering: What is it that makes a “John…