It is both dangerous and wrong to substitute personal preference for biblical principle, to place pleasing self above pleasing God. But it is inevitable that we will make this switch if we are going to make self-esteem and a sense of fulfillment the measure of our lives.
— Alistair Begg (b. 1952), Prediger, Buchautor, Radiosprecher
Topics: Meaning & Identity, Discipleship
Occasions: For Reflection
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.
All quotes by Alistair Begg (45)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson