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Special Guest: Alistair Begg | Episode 172
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In this episode, the guys interview one of the great pastors and Bible teachers of our generation, Alistair Begg. Alistair is the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, a daily and weekend program that brings the exposition of Scripture to a global audience through radio, podcast, and a wide range of digital and streaming platforms.
Alistair Begg | Truth For Life | expository preaching | what is the gospel | man on the middle cross | how to read the Bible | Christian podcast | faith and golf
Topics in this episode:
US Open recap at Shinnecock Hills and Wyndham Clark wins
Alistair's connection to golf and why he loves speaking to people who play golf because they actually understand absolutes
How Alistair came to know Christ and when he sensed the call to ministry
What is the gospel and how we are to respond to it: the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is the power of God for salvation to them that believe (1 Corinthians 1)
The man on the middle cross and the need of a savior
Jesus is the only savior because he is the only one who is qualified to save
What is expository preaching and why you should look for a church whose pastor is explaining the Bible slowly and in a way that glorifies God
Any loss of conviction about the authority and sufficiency of Scripture will dull our evangelistic edge
Where to start in your Bible: why Alistair recommends starting with the Gospel of Mark
The ESV Study Bible as a recommended resource
Marriage advice from 51 years of marriage: doing the basics well most of the time
Parenting advice: raising our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord (3 kids, 9 grandkids)
The most urgent message for the church in the West in the 21st century
Nothing seals the lips and ties the tongue like the poverty of our own spiritual experience
Don't listen to yourself, talk to yourself from the Bible (Spiritual Depression by Martyn Lloyd-Jones)
2 Timothy 2:15: Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth
One book every Christian should read outside the Bible
Rapid fire: favorite sport, favorite athlete, dream foursome, favorite hymn, favorite book of the Bible, favorite Bible verse, and more
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1 hour 3 minutes.