R. Alistair Quotes

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

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

The Creator of the universe knows me.

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.

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

I always try to keep in mind the I do all that training for a reason, which is to compete to the best of my ability.

Father, help us to rest our heads on the soft pillow of Your providence.

There is no intellectual road to God...No, we need God to wake us up to our need of a Savior.

Those who love the Gospel will love to be stirred by its truth all over again.

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.

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

I consider C++ the most significant technical hazard to the survival of your project and do so without apologies.

I believe Hollywood is the most effective and disastrous propaganda factory there has ever been in the history of human beings.

The glory does not lie in our inadequacy, but lies in the adequacy of Christ discovered in our weakness and in our insufficiency.

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

I only need a mirror to see a sinner.

No one has ever said that life is to be easy. Only that it is to be lived.

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

Focusing on skills, communications, and community allows the project to be more effective and more agile than focusing on processes and plans.

Kill yourself in training so you don't die fighting.

If you want to be a wise person, you need a Bible.

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

Texas does not, like any other region, simply have indigenous dishes. It proclaims them. It congratulates you, on your arrival, at having escaped from the slop pails of the other 49 states.

How do I know that I am in Christ? Because of my trusting, costly obedience to the Word.

Perhaps it is better to have a place to go to that you hate than to have no place at all.

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

Love reacts with goodness towards those who ill-treat it.

I never met a hopeful Christian who didn't read their Bible.

The story line of the Bible is the story line of God taking the initiative in seeking out a people who are His very own.

Our goal is to make finance the servant, not the master, of the real economy.

The day of judgment is either approaching or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for adjournment. If it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish therefore that candles may be brought.

The Bible is one book, written by one Author, with one subject: Jesus Christ and the salvation God...provides through Him.

As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later

People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is their oyster.

In triathlon you don't get to race that much so when you're on the start line you just need to make sure you focus on the job in hand and enjoy yourself.

We get things wrong before we get things right.

Singleness and marriage are both evidences of God’s grace that are to be experienced and sustained purely by the strength which God supplies.

The mercy of God is an all-embracing mercy and it breaks down the barriers that man erects.

Liberty is the luxury of self-discipline, that those nations historically who have failed to discipline themselves have had discipline imposed by others.

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.

May the spirit of Christ so fill us afresh that we might in turn be a refreshment and an encouragement to one another.

I like to think that I am telling a story rather than writing it.

I prefer radio to TV because the pictures are better.

I've never made a conscious effort to do anything about my psychological side. I just try to think positively and enjoy it.

There is no fear. There are only two things. Trained and untrained.

I like Thailand, and I love coming to Asia with the whole vibe, food, temperature, and climate.

Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks.

New York is the biggest collection of villages in the world.

America is a country in which I see the most persistant idealism and the blandest of cynicism and the race is on between its vitality and its decadence.

The main thing with triathlon is you've got to be as fit as you can. I train all year round.