Now in its nineteenth year, the annual Basics Conference has devoted nearly two decades to equipping men serving as pastors and Christian workers to do the basics of Christian ministry well. As 2019’s conference reminds us, this work begins with our fulfillment of Jesus’ final charge to his first followers: “Go … and make disciples of all ... Continue Reading 

Narrated by Alistair Begg No one enters into marriage with the intention of failing. Each person who says, “I do” hopes for a long and beautiful life together with their spouse. But as time passes, couples forget the basics. Too often they become so wrapped up in their own lives that they neglect the essentials critical to ... Continue Reading 

Look out an airplane window at 35,000 feet, and you’ll see patterns in the landscape below that would be unobservable from the ground. In the same way, when we examine the sixty-six books of the Bible through a wide-angle lens, we discover far more than a collection of disjointed writings. The Bible is one book ... Continue Reading 

83 messages from Alistair Begg's teaching in Ephesians
The theologian John Mackay once described the book of Ephesians as “the distilled essence of the Christian religion, the most authoritative and most consummate compendium of our holy Christian faith.” Writing to a church facing timeless challenges, Paul set out to remind his readers of all that God ... Continue Reading 

A study of Joseph from the book of Genesis

24 sermons by Alistair Begg on USB for $5

All of Scripture declares that God’s hand is active in shaping our every affair, from our deepest trials to our loftiest triumphs. Few stories declare this theme more powerfully than the dramatic account of Joseph, son of Jacob ... Continue Reading 

Mark’s Gospel, the first to be written, emphasizes that Jesus is the Christ and the fulfillment of God’s purpose. Its descriptions of Jesus’ interactions with others—both His followers and His enemies—show the Lord accomplishing His mission to rescue the lost. With nearly a third of the narrative dedicated to the passion and resurrection ... Continue Reading 

Paul’s first epistle to the Thessalonians presents a pattern for ministry that emphasizes both the proclamation of the Gospel and the spiritual growth of individual believers. With tender-hearted care, Paul wrote of the importance of strong, caring leadership, the value of a holy lifestyle, and God’s design for life and worship within the local church ... Continue Reading 

Martyn Lloyd-Jones once said that "the work of preaching is the highest and greatest and most glorious calling to which anyone can ever be called." Such a high calling, however, comes with a high level of responsibility. Scripture teaches that the pastor must give himself wholeheartedly to the preaching of the Gospel—a duty built on careful ... Continue Reading 

Over 80 sermons by Alistair Begg on a 2GB Flash Drive – Just $5! By the time Paul wrote his first letter to the Corinthians, the church had already wandered from its foundation. Novel ideas were favored over solid, biblical teaching, resulting in confusion, division, and spiritual infancy. With a desire to help them mature, Paul addressed a ... Continue Reading 

First Peter is a handbook for Christian Living. All of the foundations necessary for building lives of spiritual maturity are contained in these chapters. Peter’s readers were scattered and in the face of all kinds of challenges, they needed to be theologically grounded. Jesus had given Peter the task of feeding and strengthening the sheep. This ... Continue Reading