The evolution of John MacArthur’s view on the extent of the atonement was recently discussed at #ShepCon2026, perhaps with more depth than has been mentioned before. During the dialogue, @Phil_Johnson_ mentioned that Dr. S. Lewis Johnson was present during one of MacArthur’s sermons on 2 Corinthians 5 in 1995. Phil is correct on that. In one talk I had with S. Lewis Johnson in the early 2000’s, when I still held a strict view of the atonement, he mentioned that MacArthur quoted Charles Hodge’s s