Jonny Ardavanis’s mother called John MacArthur the family’s “spiritual grandfather.” John’s teaching shaped Jonny’s grandparents, then his father, then Jonny himself, who took in Grace to You sermons like food and water. But when a church in Tennessee asked him to become its pastor, Jonny worried that leaving would look like disloyalty to the man who had shaped his life, and he had to find out what John would say. To receive Grace to You’s monthly letter, as well as offers for resources by mail, click here: https://www.gty.org/home/newtogty Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gracetoyou X: https://x.com/gracetoyou Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gracetoyou Copyright © 2026, Grace to You. All rights reserved. For details about our copyright policy, click here: https://www.gty.org/about?tab=copyright