posted by Amy S. on February 1, 2024 in Discernment, Homosexual Agenda, In the News 7
Pastor Alistair Begg, who had been scheduled to speak in March at the Shepherd’s Conference led by pastor John MacArthur, has now been removed from the conference website’s featured speakers page* after controversial remarks Begg made in which he gave unbiblical advice to a Christian about attending a family member’s wedding to a transsexual.
After Begg’s comments became public, MacArthur and Begg talked and both decided the controversy would be “an unnecessary distraction,” according to Phil Johnson, executive director of Grace to You.
“Pastor MacArthur’s counsel on that issue would be completely different from the counsel Alistair Begg said he gave an inquiring grandmother,” Johnson told Religion News Service in an email. “So both agreed that it was necessary for Pastor Begg to withdraw.”
UPDATE: Ligonier Ministries operates an internet radio network called Reformation Network, or RefNet, and has as of 2/02/24 quietly removed Truth for Life from their website. Truth for Life was removed from the partners listing and also four time slots on Saturdays, and were replaced with reruns of R. C. Sproul.
Begg has been the pastor of Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio since 1983, more than 40 years. He also heads up his own parachurch teaching ministry, Truth for Life. Until recently, his Truth for Life broadcasts could be heard on over 1800 Christian radio stations via AFR, American Family Radio. For many years, Alistair Begg has been regarded by millions as a doctrinally sound, trustworthy pastor and teacher.
Last week American Family Radio announced it dropped Alistair Begg’s program, Truth for Life, because of the pastor’s advice in a podcast last September to a grandmother to go ahead and attend her grandson’s wedding ceremony to a transgender person, because Begg would not retract that advice when AFR spoke to him. Days later, on January 28 during a sermon to his church, Pastor Begg tripled down on his counsel.
What does the Bible have to say about sexual immorality and a pastor’s responsibility to teach and counsel according to sound doctrine? A Word Fitly Spoken Podcast breaks down the history and examines Pastor Begg’s comments in the light of Scripture. Listen here:
*Note: For clarity and accuracy sake, the article’s headline has been amended with the additional “…from speaker lineup,” after it was pointed out that just saying Begg was removed did not match with Phil Johnson’s quote that said, “both agreed that it was necessary for Pastor Begg to withdraw.” Truthful journalism is important, and I will make every attempt to get it right. A heartfelt thanks to those who have pointed out the discrepancy.
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