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A good church is a Bible-centered church. Nothing is as important as this--not a large congregation, a witty pastor, or tangible experiences of the Holy Spirit.

Alistair Begg

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Alistair Begg
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: May 22
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Father, write Your Word in our heart make us men and women who understand Your truth.
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You need to be in a church where the pastors are urging you, not so much to listen to what they say as to turn to the Bible from which they teach.
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If we are to say no to covetousness, we must learn to say yes to contentment. This involves learning to be content with what we have (Hebrews 13:5). Much of our discontentment may be traced to expectations that are essentially selfish and more often than not completely unrealistic.
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The death of Jesus is the pivotal event of human history and everything needs to be understood in light of that.
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We lose our way around the Bible when we take our eyes off the Cross.
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Many of us are tempted to find the key in doing, but the answer is actually found in being. It is vital that we are routinely humbled by the reminder that Christian life is grounded, not in what we can do, but what has been done for us and what we need done to us.
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Jesus did not come to live as an example of how to die as a martyr, but as a substitute, taking the place that we deserve in order that we might enjoy what we don't deserve. This is good news. Let us tell all our friends!
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When my children hear godliness out of my mouth and they see wickedness in my life, then I point them to heaven and I lead them to hell.
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It is in getting to know my Bible that I get to know Jesus.
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The Bible is one book, written by one Author, with one subject: Jesus Christ and the salvation God...provides through Him.
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Father, we long for the clarity of Your truth to dawn upon our minds and for the immensity of Your love to grip our hearts.
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Only when we are captured by an overwhelming sense of awe and reverence in the presence of God, will we begin to worship God in spirit and in truth.
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We Christians are secure, realizing that even our failures and our sins are under His control.
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There are no freelance Christians there is no solo-flying to heaven.
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We as [churches] may be lampstands, but all of the light is Christ Himself. We exist in order that He might shine through us.
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The preacher's task is to declare what God has said, explain the meaning, and establish the implications so that no one will mistake its relevance.
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As a result of grace, we have been saved from sin’s penalty. One day we will be saved from sin’s presence. In the meantime we are being saved from sin’s power.
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God is not counting our sins against us because He is counting our sins against Christ.
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What kind of wonderful God is this who reaches down into the lives of people, picks them up, grants them faith, and changes them!
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There is no intellectual road to God...No, we need God to wake us up to our need of a Savior.
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