Alistair Begg quotes:

We find Christ in all the Scriptures. In the Old Testament He is predicted, in the Gospels He is revealed, in Acts He is preached, in the epistles He is explained, and in Revelation He is expected.

Regular expository preaching of the Bible is the staple diet of a healthy church.

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.

Let us remember the loving-kindness of the Lord and rehearse His deeds of grace. Let us open the volume of recollection, which is so richly illuminated with memories of His mercy, and we will soon be happy.

Hold material goods and wealth on a flat palm and not in a clenched fist.

If you live in such a manner as to stand the test of the last judgment, you can depend upon it that the world will not speak well of you.

At best we are but clay, animated dust; but viewed as sinners, we are monsters indeed. Let it be published in heaven as a miracle that the Lord Jesus should set His heart's love upon people like us.

Singleness is a gift; marriage is a gift. We should not misuse the gifts we've been given.

The glory does not lie in our inadequacy, but lies in the adequacy of Christ discovered in our weakness and in our insufficiency.

The Bible is one book, written by one Author, with one subject: Jesus Christ and the salvation God...provides through Him.

Endurance is a key indicator of spiritual fitness.

We're to love our children for who they are, not for what we want them to become.

There is no intellectual road to God...No, we need God to wake us up to our need of a Savior.

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.

The main things are the plain things, and the plain things are the main things.

Children should be able to see the Gospel modeled in the way their father loves their mother with a sacrificial love...

It is impossible to serve God without serving one another.

When all a man has is worldly wealth, he is poor indeed.

When we turn luxuries into necessities, we jeopardize our ability for contentedness.

Christianity is not about how to escape from the difficulties of life - it is about how to face the difficulties of life.

This is no time for wimpy Christians. It's time for soldiers of Christ to arise!

Human mercy is proof of having received divine mercy.

The Christian will be sure to make enemies. It will be one of his objects to make none; but if doing what is right and believing what is true should cause him to lose every earthly friend, he will regard it as a small loss, since his great Friend in heaven will be even more friendly and will reveal Himself to him more graciously than ever.

Love reacts with goodness towards those who ill-treat it.

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.

Prayer is an acknowledgment that our need of God's help is not partial but total.

When grace begins to rule, then our preoccupation with ourselves begins to leave.

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.

What kind of wonderful God is this who reaches down into the lives of people, picks them up, grants them faith, and changes them!

Death for the Christian is to fall asleep in the arms of Jesus and waking up and finding out that you're home.

It takes a whole Bible to make a whole Christian.

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.

There is an old joke that went around- it goes, in the beginning God made man in His own image, and since the fall, man has been seeking to return the compliment.

You will never have a better friend than a friend who points you to Christ.

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.

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.

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.

When a man or woman is born again by the Spirit of God they will give evidence of it in part by striving to live a holy life.

A Christian way of thinking is not just thinking Christian thoughts, singing Christian songs, reading Christian books, going to Christian schools; it is learning to think about the whole spectrum of life from the perspective of a mind that has been trained in truth.

The great need is for us to be taught theologically, not just stirred emotionally.

Those who love the Gospel will love to be stirred by its truth all over again.

The only true conqueror who shall be crowned in the end is he who continues until war's trumpet is blown no more.... Christian, wear your shield close to your armor and cry earnestly to God, that by His Spirit you may endure to the end.

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!

The fact that we have to discuss reality as though there were no reality is an indication of the confusion of our times.

Holy Spirit, take the Word of truth as we find it in the Scriptures and bring it home to our lives.

God is not counting our sins against us because He is counting our sins against Christ.

Father, write Your Word in our heart; make us men and women who understand Your truth.

Gods law has been written on all of our consciences, but only in Christ is it written on our hearts.

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.

The story line of the Bible is the story line of God taking the initiative in seeking out a people who are His very own.

How do I know that I am in Christ? Because of my trusting, costly obedience to the Word.

Father, help us to rest our heads on the soft pillow of Your providence.

I never met a hopeful Christian who didn't read their Bible.

I know that a man is converted when he starts to sing

Do you want to lead, or do you want to be liked?

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.

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.

If [the devil has] brought you down, make sure that with Christâ??s enabling you stand back up.

Refusal to forgive reveals we have minimized our offense against God and we have maximized a brother's offense against us.

The Creator of the universe knows me.

It is in getting to know my Bible that I get to know Jesus.

As I am humbled by my difficulties, so I am strengthened by God's grace.

There is no one insignificant in the purposes of God.

It's all about God. May He forgive us for every time we start to think it's actually all about us.

To risk reputation and affection for the truth's sake is so demanding that to do it constantly you will need a degree of moral principle that only the Spirit of God can work in you. Do not turn your back like a coward, but play the man. Follow boldly in your Master's steps, for He has made this rough journey before you. Better a brief warfare and eternal rest than false peace and everlasting torment.

We may be confident in this: that in the pain of our suffering is the presence of a faithful God.

The Church is where it is today because it has decided that the advertising agents know better than the Holy Spirit of God.

It's our Christian duty to offer spiritual worship to God that engages our minds, stirs our hearts & flows from our lips

It is in the context...of the body in Christ that we understand who we are and where we fit.

The Bible is one story that unfolds in one book, by one author, about one subject. A story that moves from promise to fulfillment.

If you want to be a wise person, you need a Bible.

We must think ourselves empty when coming to the text of scripture and read ourselves full.

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.

I listen to some of you guys out there, hyper-reformed boys, you're concerned if you preach the gospel to the wrong person, the wrong person might get saved. So you don't want to preach it too good, 'well wait a minute, I don't think you should've been getting saved, I'm not sure you're in the group.' What do you mean in the group! If you breath you're in the group! If you have ears to hear you're in the group! And if you choose not to respond it's your own fault, not God's.

We lose our way around the Bible when we take our eyes off the Cross.

Prayer is the means that God has ordained for the supply of grace that is necessary to be joyful in hope.

Father, look upon us in Your goodness and kindness, we pray as a church. Help us to love each other.

The mercy of God is an all-embracing mercy and it breaks down the barriers that man erects.

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.

It is imperative that those who name the name of Christ would be instructed in the truth of Scripture.

Our relationship with God will never be right as long as our relationship with others is wrong.

The callings of God never leave you where they find you.

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.

When we become captive to the Word of God, then we discover true freedom.

We should not seek to confirm God's will by the absence of adversity.

The Bible comes both to warn and to encourage and always to turn us again to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Our words and our works are evidence that our profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is true.

If the law does not lead us to Christ and redemption, it will lead us to despair.

God's plan for moving people from the broad road to the narrow road involves you.

The grace of God reaches to the furthest extent to those who are prepared to acknowledge their need.

Even the most casual events are connected to God's purpose for His people from all eternity.

The ultimate fulfillment of God's mercy in Jesus is not something that is supplied in time to correct a default in the system, but is something that is planned from all of eternity.

I only need a mirror to see a sinner.

The reason most preaching is ignored today is that it deserves to be.

The death of Jesus is the pivotal event of human history and everything needs to be understood in light of that.

How immense God is, that He is able to sweep into His purposes even foolish requests and bad motivations.

We as [churches] may be lampstands, but all of the light is Christ Himself. We exist in order that He might shine through us.

To expose our minds constantly to ungodly thinking is a great danger.

We must be willing to say what the Bible says.

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.

There are no freelance Christians; there is no solo-flying to heaven.

Undefined Christianity is not a problem in our generation. It is defined Christianity that brings the rub.

The foolishness of the cross is the wisdom of God and the wisdom of God is powerful in its impact.

Our gracious God, we need the ministry of the Spirit of God within our lives so that Your Word may take root within us.

There are times in our Christian life when we cannot see beyond the next step and we have to trust God.

If truth were told, most of us spend longer each day on personal cleanliness than on practical godliness.

Living at peace with everyone...is not an option, it's an obligation.

The pathway to lasting honor is to honor Christ.