Alistair Begg > Quotes

“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.”
― Alistair Begg

“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.”
― Alistair Begg

“Prayer is an acknowledgment that our need of God's help is not partial but total.”
― Alistair Begg, Made For His Pleasure: Ten Benchmarks of a Vital Faith

“‎"The best of men are just men at best.”
― Alistair Begg

“Hold material goods and wealth on a flat palm and not in a clenched fist.”
― Alistair Begg, Made For His Pleasure: Ten Benchmarks of a Vital Faith

“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.”
― Alistair Begg

“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.”
― Alistair Begg

“There's a way to preach the Bible unbiblically...You can use the Bible as the springboard for all kinds of ideas, can't you? Look around in here and find something that fits your fancy and then launch a rocket off it. People say, 'That was amazing, wasn't it? Remarkable what he got out of that.' Well of course it is because he put it in before he got it out.”
― Alistair Begg

“The main things are the plain things, and the plain things are the main things.”
― Alistair Begg

“. . . once people stop believing in the God of the Bible, they don't believe in nothing--they begin to believe in anything.”
― Alistair Begg, Name Above All Names

“We mustn’t say more than we should, but we mustn’t say less than we must.”
― Alistair Begg

“It is our response to temptation that leads us down the path of righteousness or into the dead end of disobedience.”
― Alistair Begg, The Hand of God: Finding His Care in All Circumstances

“Question 1: What is the chief end of man? This most basic question confronts each of us. Why am I here? What is the reason for my existence? What is the purpose of my life? The catechism on the basis of 1 Corinthians 10:31 and Psalm 73:25 provides the familiar answer. “Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.”
― Alistair Begg, Pathway to Freedom: How God's Law Guides Our Lives

“We can do more than pray, after we have prayed, but not until.”
― Alistair Begg, Preaching for God's Glory

“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.”
― Alistair Begg

“There is a kind of life that leads to death. There is a kind of death that leads to life.”
― Alistair Begg

“Marriage, we learn, is supposed to be a model of Christ’s love for the church. It is to be based not upon lust, but upon honor and holiness (Ephesians 5).”
― Alistair Begg, Lasting Love: How to Avoid Marital Failure

“We mustn’t allow our circumstances and disappointments to become the excuse for the choices we make in life. God is greater than all of that, and He can bring beauty out of ashes. Our trials come, Augustine said, “to prove us and to improve us.”
― Alistair Begg, The Hand of God: Finding His Care in All Circumstances

“You know, I always think about this in relationship to the thief on the cross when he arrives at the portals of heaven. You imagine that interview process?

“What are you doing here?”

“I don’t know.”

“Well, who sent you here?”

“What? No one sent me here. I . . . I . . . I’m here!”

“Well, are you . . . Have you been justified by faith? Do you have peace with God?”

“I don’t know.”

“Well, do you know anything?”

“Yeah.”

“What do you know?”

“The man on the middle cross said I could come here.”
― Alistair Begg

“The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. (Isaiah 40:28–31)”
― Alistair Begg, The Hand of God: Finding His Care in All Circumstances

“On account of sin, God’s image in us has been obscured but not obliterated.”
― Alistair Begg, What Angels Wish They Knew: The Basics of True Christianity

“The idea of monogamous same-sex relationships being acceptable to God emerges from an unwillingness to submit to the clear teaching of Scripture.”
― Alistair Begg, Lasting Love: How to Avoid Marital Failure

“What’s descriptive isn’t necessarily prescriptive.”
― Alistair Begg

“If the most important thing a man can do for his children is to love their mother sacrificially, then the most important thing a mother can do for her children is to respect their father.”
― Alistair Begg, Lasting Love: How to Avoid Marital Failure

“Learn much of the Lord Jesus. For every look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ. Let your soul be filled with a sense of the excellence of Christ.”2”
― Alistair Begg, Name above All Names

“if we bow down before the truth of Christ’s prophetic ministry and then stand up on our feet ready to serve the Lord, something will happen.”
― Alistair Begg, Name above All Names

“I am fat and flabby and that Dr. J. I. Packer is right when he says, “Here then is the root cause of our moral flabbiness; we have neglected God’s Law.”3”
― Alistair Begg, Pathway to Freedom: How God's Law Guides Our Lives

“How many times we must relearn the lesson that God is the only unfailing One. He is the only One who is true to His Word on every occasion. “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God” (Psalm 20:7).”
― Alistair Begg, The Hand of God: Finding His Care in All Circumstances

“The truth is that we are not good people who make mistakes; we are sinful people in need of mercy. Because it requires humility to accept what our hearts are truly like, those same hearts will tend to prefer to be deceived by preachers of self-esteem and self-confidence rather than listen to prophets such as Jeremiah.”
― Alistair Begg, Truth for Life - Volume 1: 365 Daily Devotions

“Before we open our mouths, we ought to heed the advice of the missionary Amy Carmichael and ask: Is what I’m about to say kind? Is it true? Is it necessary?”
― Alistair Begg, Truth for Life - Volume 1: 365 Daily Devotions