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The task of the teacher of the Bible is to open up what’s closed, to make plain what is obscure, to unravel what is knotted and to unfold what is tightly packed.

Alistair Begg

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Alistair Begg
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: May 22
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Glasgow
Scotland
Alistair Begg
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Refusal to forgive reveals we have minimized our offense against God and we have maximized a brother's offense against us.
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Love reacts with goodness towards those who ill-treat it.
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Would anyone choose Hell over Heaven? YES! Why? Pride. They don't want to go in the only way you can go in, on your knees. They don't want to admit they are a failure, that their life is a mess.
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Unfortunately, preachers who distort God's Word are all too common today. Sometimes this springs from a sincere desire to soften hard hearts, but hearts aren't changed by compromise.
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I once was absolutely useless, and God in His grace has made me useful.
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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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I do not come to God so that Jesus can give me what I want. But I must come to God so that Jesus will grant me what I need.
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The Bible is one story that unfolds in one book, by one author, about one subject. A story that moves from promise to fulfillment.
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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 Bible is one book, written by one Author, with one subject: Jesus Christ and the salvation God...provides through Him.
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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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If our Christianity doesn’t work at home, it doesn’t work.
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I know that a man is converted when he starts to sing
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Children should be able to see the Gospel modeled in the way their father loves their mother with a sacrificial love.
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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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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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We must think ourselves empty when coming to the text of scripture and read ourselves full.
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Human mercy is proof of having received divine mercy.
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The pathway to lasting honor is to honor Christ.
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