Quotes from Alistair Begg

I once was absolutely useless, and God in His grace has made me useful.

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

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

If our Christianity doesn't work at home, it doesn't work.

The pathway to lasting honor is to honor Christ.

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.

The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed. It happens quietly. It happens inevitably. Don't underestimate God's power.

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

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

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.

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.

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

The best of men are just men at best.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

once people stop believing in the God of the Bible, they don't believe in nothing--they begin to believe in anything.

It is our response to temptation that leads us down the path of righteousness or into the dead end of disobedience.

We mustn't say more than we should, but we mustn't say less than we must.

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.

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.

We can do more than pray, after we have prayed, but not until.