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1 " 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
2 " 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
3 " 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. "
4 " The main things are the plain things, and the plain things are the main things. "
5 " 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. "
6 " 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. "
7 " Hold material goods and wealth on a flat palm and not in a clenched fist. "
8 " 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. "
9 " 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. "
10 " . . . 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
11 " "The best of men are just men at best. "
12 " We mustn’t say more than we should, but we mustn’t say less than we must. "
13 " 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
14 " 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
15 " We can do more than pray, after we have prayed, but not until. "
― Alistair Begg , Preaching for God's Glory (Redesign)
16 " There is a kind of life that leads to death. There is a kind of death that leads to life. "
17 " 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. "
18 " 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
19 " 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) "
20 " What’s descriptive isn’t necessarily prescriptive. "
