Special Guest: Alistair Begg | Episode 172

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
- Make sure that the benefit you are enjoying from this podcast leads you to a place of worship and service within a local church community

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