Top 138 Quotes & Sayings by 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

Faith is not a soft option offered to people who need a crutch to get through the rest of their lives. Faith is the supernatural activity of God whereby He opens blind eyes, unstops deaf ears, and a man or a woman says- “I see it now. I get it now. I am going to trust in God. I am going to trust in Jesus.

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

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

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.

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

I only need a mirror to see a sinner.

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

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.

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

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

It is impossible to serve God without serving one another.

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.

Sincere love is not as a result of emotional surges - it’s a result of obedience to the Truth.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

It takes a whole Bible to make a whole Christian.

There is no one insignificant in the purposes of God.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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