Are there published rebuttals or formal exchanges where Jeremiah responds to MacArthur’s critiques?

1. What the sources actually contain: responses about a Jeremiah, and many MacArthur writings

The clearest item in the reporting is a point-by-point reply hosted on a blog that answers a critical review written by Jeremiah Johnson about Dane Ortlund’s Gentle & Lowly — that response addresses Johnson’s critique, not MacArthur’s, and the original Johnson review is noted as removed; the blog frames itself as correcting Johnson’s arguments ^[1]. By contrast, the archive of John MacArthur material in the sources is extensive — sermon transcripts and study introductions on the prophet Jeremiah, multiple MacArthur publications and study guides, and Grace to You library items — but those materials reflect MacArthur’s teaching and commentary rather than published critiques of a modern “Jeremiah” author that then drew a formal reply ^{[2] [3] [4]}.

2. No documented Jeremiah-to-MacArthur published rebuttal appears in the reporting

Across the supplied results there is no explicit instance recorded of “Jeremiah” issuing a formal rebuttal or published answer directly targeting criticisms from John MacArthur; where people named Jeremiah are involved, the texts are either authored by MacArthur about the biblical Jeremiah (e.g., Bible introductions and sermons) or are critiques of other authors that happen to be written by a Jeremiah ^{[5] [2] [3]}. One result lists a blog response to Jeremiah Johnson’s critique (indicating a conversation about Johnson’s views), but that is the opposite direction of exchange the question asks about: it’s a response to Jeremiah Johnson, not Jeremiah replying to MacArthur ^[1].

3. Ambiguities in naming and potential misreads in public discussion

Part of the confusion the sources reveal is nominal: “Jeremiah” can mean the biblical prophet, a contemporary writer named Jeremiah Johnson, or the prominent evangelist David Jeremiah, and the dataset mixes items referring to each. MacArthur’s published and broadcasted work frequently references the prophet Jeremiah (sermons and study guides) and addresses theological opponents in sermon Q&A or print, but the supplied material does not show those opponents being named “Jeremiah” who then file published rejoinders ^{[5] [2] [3]}. Where a public rejoinder is evident in the sources, it is a blogger answering Jeremiah Johnson’s removed review — not Johnson answering MacArthur ^[1].

4. Alternate explanations and limits of the evidence

It remains possible outside the supplied reporting that an exchange exists — for example, a published letter, op-ed, podcast episode, or Grace to You reply from someone named Jeremiah — but the provided sources do not include such a document; the dataset does show MacArthur’s responses to critics in other contexts (sermons, study notes), and third-party critiques of MacArthur that mention “Jeremiah” in metaphorical or topical ways ^{[3] [6]}. Therefore the correct, evidence-based conclusion is limited: no published formal exchange where a Jeremiah responds to MacArthur’s critiques is documented among the supplied sources ^{[1] [5] [2] [3]}.

5. What to watch next if pursuing the question further

If a definitive answer is required beyond these sources, the next steps would be targeted searches for: (a) public statements or blog posts by David Jeremiah or Jeremiah Johnson that explicitly name John MacArthur and reply to his critiques, (b) press releases or Grace to You responses naming an interlocutor “Jeremiah,” and (c) archived social-media threads or theological journals recording a direct back-and-forth; absent those results in the supplied reporting, the claim of a published Jeremiah-to-MacArthur rebuttal cannot be affirmed from the available evidence ^{[1] [2] [3]}.