Paul’s matter-of-fact acknowledgment, born of twenty years of first-hand experience, that the message he was preaching – that salvation as to be had through a crucified God – was considered by everyone to be either deeply obscene or totally, completely, tin-foil-hat ridiculous.

— Greg Gilbert (b. 1977), Pastor, Buchautor, Sprecher

Related Bible passage: 1COR.1.23

Topics: Doubt & Hard Questions, Grace & Redemption, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit

Greg Gilbert

Greg Gilbert (* 1977) ist ein US-amerikanischer reformiert-baptistischer Pastor und Buchautor, der seit 2010 die Third Avenue Baptist Church in Louisville (Kentucky) leitet. Bekannt wurde er durch Schriften wie „Was ist das Evangelium?“, in denen er ein reformatorisches Heilsverständnis vertritt und den Auftrag der Kirche primär auf Evangelisation und Jüngerschaft statt auf gesellschaftliche Transformation festlegt. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Werke eine systematische Auslegung biblischer Grundbegriffe, die wegen ihrer strikt calvinistischen Zuspitzung und Abgrenzung zu weiter gefassten Missionsverständnissen auch kontrovers diskutiert wird.

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