Phil Johnson

Seven Questions With Phil Johnson

The notion that we must win the world’s esteem before the gospel can do its work is, I’m convinced, a spiritually crippling error that underlies most of the trends currently vying for widespread acceptance within the so-called evangelical movement.

One of my chief concerns is that Dr. Brown seems to be using his relationship with James White to deflect legitimate and important criticisms. I love James White and have the greatest respect for his abilities as an apologist and teacher. But I do think his public deference to Dr. Brown has enabled and encouraged efforts by Dr.

In 2005, Phil Johnson eviscerated modern evangelicalism’s obsession with trends and fads: “The concept of evangelicalism has been expanded to become all-inclusive. The word evangelical has lost its historic meaning. These days it means everything—and it therefore means nothing.” (mp3) (PDF transcript)

2005 Shepherd’s Conference: Phil Johnson’s critique of the fundamentalist movement (mp3). He qualifies that he is critiquing the more hostile brand of fundamentalism which would shun he and MacArthur as “neo-evangelical.” Here is the PDF transcript.

Phil Johnson donates The Spurgeon Archive to Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

The Broad Brush

What “worldliness” is…and isn’t

“Our featured speaker will be Phil Johnson, Executive Director of Grace to You, the broadcast ministry of John MacArthur.”