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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.

Alistair Begg

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Alistair Begg
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: May 22
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The mercy of God is an all-embracing mercy and it breaks down the barriers that man erects.
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Prayer is the means that God has ordained for the supply of grace that is necessary to be joyful in hope.
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The providence of God does not relieve us of our human responsibility: it doesn't call for inactivity, it calls for activity.
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Withhold no part of the precious truth, but speak what you know and declare what you have seen. Do not allow the toil or darkness or possible unbelief of your friends to dissuade you. Let us rise and march to the place of duty, and there declare what great things God has shown to our soul.
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It is a sin when I place myself deliberately in the place of temptation… either because I enjoy the prospect or because I’m not determined enough in my desire to overcome it.
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How immense God is, that He is able to sweep into His purposes even foolish requests and bad motivations.
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We have taken the latter course as a culture. So there is mass confusion today--even in the evangelical church--over whether the Bible is true and over how far we should go in obeying it.
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The reason most preaching is ignored today is that it deserves to be.
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When all a man has is worldly wealth, he is poor indeed.
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Ladies, [motherhood] is a full-time job. Do not kid yourself that you can be a dental receptionist and a mother that you can be a typist and a mom that you can be a Vice President and a mom. One of the two things will win. Now look at your Bible and ask what you have to do.
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We're to love our children for who they are, not for what we want them to become.
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You don’t know who you are until you know God and you don’t know how to live until you've settled the question of how to die.
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I am weaker and more sinful than I ever before believed, but through Jesus Christ I'm more loved and accepted than I ever dared hope.
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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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Those who love the Gospel will love to be stirred by its truth all over again.
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The great need is for us to be taught theologically, not just stirred emotionally.
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As I am humbled by my difficulties, so I am strengthened by God's grace.
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It takes a whole Bible to make a whole Christian.
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The main things are the plain things, and the plain things are the main things.
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