One of the reasons for the disinterest in expository preaching is surely that so many attempts at it prove lifeless, dull, and even thoroughly boring. I never cease to be amazed by the ingenuity of those who are capable of taking the powerful, life-changing text of Scripture and communicating it with all the passion of someone reading aloud from the Yellow Pages!

— Alistair Begg (b. 1952), Prediger, Buchautor, Radiosprecher

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Alistair Begg

Der 1952 in Schottland geborene reformiert-evangelikale Pastor und Buchautor Alistair Begg leitet seit 1983 die Parkside Church in den USA und erreicht durch seinen Mediendienst „Truth For Life“ ein weltweites Radiopublikum. Er steht für fortlaufende, christuszentrierte Auslegungspredigt und geriet 2023/2024 in konservativ-evangelikalen Kreisen in die Kritik, weil er einer Großmutter den Besuch der Hochzeit ihres Transgender-Enkelkindes aus pastoralen Gründen anriet. Bibellesern bietet er eine Auslegungstradition, die theologische Tiefe nach reformiertem Verständnis mit lebensnaher seelsorgerlicher Anwendung verbindet.

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