Alistair Begg “What kind of wonderful God is this who reaches down into the lives of people, picks them up, grants them faith, and changes them!” “It is in our forgiveness of other people's sins against us that we reveal the fact that we have been truly forgiven by God.” “Christianity is not about how to escape from the difficulties of life - it is about how to face the difficulties of life.” “The Bible is one story that unfolds in one book, by one author, about one subject. A story that moves from promise to fulfillment.” “Holy Spirit, take the Word of truth as we find it in the Scriptures and bring it home to our lives.” “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!” “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 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.” “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.” “Love reacts with goodness towards those who ill-treat it.” “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.” “We're to love our children for who they are, not for what we want them to become.” “It is impossible to serve God without serving one another.” “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.” “Singleness and marriage are both evidences of God's grace that are to be experienced and sustained purely by the strength which God supplies.” “Prayer is an acknowledgment that our need of God's help is not partial but total.” “The Church is where it is today because it has decided that the advertising agents know better than the Holy Spirit of God.” "The best of men are just men at best.” “Endurance is a key indicator of spiritual fitness.” “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.” “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.” “Despite the obvious emphasis of Scripture (in regard to suffering), we are bombarded by suggestions that the 'successful' Christian living takes place in the realm of constant victory, health, wholeness, and financial prosperity. In response to this we are not to pretend that suffering doesn't exist or that it might be instantly cured. Such notions are the product of empty heads and closed Bibles.” “If our Christianity doesn't work at home, it doesn't work.” “The main things are the plain things, and the plain things are the main things.” “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.” “The Creator of the universe knows me.” “I never met a hopeful Christian who didn't read their Bible.” “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.” “The death of Jesus is the pivotal event of human history and everything needs to be understood in light of that.”