Truth For Life Blog

"Contentment is found in reaching the place that says, 'Even when I cannot understand, still I can trust [God].'" -Alistair Begg

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"I'm often given by our team here a whole, big bundle of notes that I'm able to take home with me and sit and read. I'm often, and unashamedly, profoundly moved by them. Still to this day, I'm amazed at the way in which God uses His Word and accomplishes His purposes." - Alistair Begg

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“Covetousness will inevitably spoil any experience we may have of contentment.” –Alistair Begg

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On this Giving Tuesday, your financial support to Truth For Life will give the gift of the Gospel to someone in the same way that another listener's giving gave it to you! Thank you.

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Bob Lepine sits down with Alistair Begg to talk about his latest book Christmas Playlist. This new book from Alistair Begg takes a look at the very first Christmas songs sung with joy and awe by Mary, Zechariah, the Angels, and Simeon. It gives a fresh glimpse of the greatness of God this season.  

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"I can't express all I want, but I just want to say that your beautiful way of teaching and expressing the Gospel, uplifts me, makes me laugh, and makes me cry. But most of all, it energizes my faith and hope. Thank you for reaching out across the miles to this 72-year-old British woman!"

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“So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.” –Hebrews 4:9-10 ESV

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Is there something notable about your character as you go through the routine of your day? Something that sets you apart from the rest of the world?

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Only by studying the Scripture can we come to truly learn the nature, will, faithfulness, love, and grace of the living God.

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Everyone searches for peace, but is it really within reach?

With all of the challenges of everyday life . . . and all of the strife we see on the nightly news . . . living in a state of sustained peace seems entirely unobtainable.

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Is your life marked by true joy?

Not just the "feel good" emotion you experience when things seem to roll your way, but true, sustaining joy? The kind of inner joy that remains rooted even in times of sorrow, disappointment or unwelcome circumstance?

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“The establishing of holy habits is not legalism...it is imperative to spiritual wholeness.” –Alistair Begg

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"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen." - 2 Corinthians 4:16-17

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What does it look like to live in the Spirit?

How can you know with certainty that the Holy Spirit is working in you . . . transforming you day by day?

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“But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.” –Romans 8:10

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"When we are offering the Gospel to people, we want to do it in the awareness that we are the beneficiaries of the message that we proclaim." - Alistair Begg

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“Make Christ the source, the center, and the circumference of your soul's whole range of delight.” –C.H. Spurgeon

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“Lord, give me strength” is a common prayer, yet we often don’t pause to examine what it is we’re asking God for. Preaching from Ephesians 3, Alistair Begg explains that God empowers believers in their inner being through the Holy Spirit. As we cooperate with the Spirit’s work within us by studying the Word and praying, fellowshipping with other believers, and participating in the sacraments, our faith grows and we are rooted and grounded in Christ.

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“As a result of great sacrifice, there is great joy - it’s infectious.” –Alistair Begg

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“Isn’t it staggering to think about how our lives are sustained by those who pray [for us]?” –Alistair Begg

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Regardless of what life's circumstance delivers, no one is ever too far removed from the Spirit of God to become a new creation through the power of His Word. When you give to Truth For Life, you'll never know how . . . and where . . . your giving made a difference.

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“In doing God’s work in God’s way, we need faithful people to live out their commitment in the ordinary main-stream of life.” –Alistair Begg

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Exactly how God uses His Word to open hearts and minds to the truth of the Gospel is a miracle and a mystery. Yet we know that when we listen to the preaching of Scripture, exactly as it's written in the Bible, lives are forever changed.

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“God is delighted when His people - who have been blessed - enjoy what He has given them.” –Alistair Begg

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“If our Christianity costs us nothing, it is worth nothing.” –Alistair Begg

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"We rely almost entirely on the generosity of those who are sensing the benefit of the teaching to then reinvest their own lives and resources so that others might enjoy the same benefit." - Alistair Begg

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“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” –Proverbs 22:6 ESV

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Prayer is a natural impulse for God’s people, and the concerns we bring before our heavenly Father reflect what we value most in life. In this message, Alistair Begg uses Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3 to emphasize the need to pray selflessly, focusing more on spiritual matters and less on material comforts. As we call out to God for Kingdom priorities – the preaching of the Word and the conversion of the lost – our prayers align with scriptural models and we grow in our understanding that, in Christ, we truly have all things.

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“When we obey God's Word from the heart, it realigns our focus and redirects our families.” –Alistair Begg

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“Obeying God from the heart will realign your focus.” –Alistair Begg

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

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“But tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.” –Psalm 78:4b ESV

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“But tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.” –Psalm 78:4b ESV

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Jesus regularly quoted from Scripture. In the New Testament, He instructs His followers that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses, by the Prophets and in the Psalms concerning Himself. In the Gospel of Matthew (23:35), Jesus refers to the history of God's Word being rejected from Abel to Zechariah, spanning the pages of the Old Testament from Genesis to 2 Chronicles.

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“We will never go forward effectively until we learn to view the past properly.” –Alistair Begg

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“It is vitally important that God’s people know God’s book in order that they may reach into God’s world.” –Alistair Begg

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“We could never, by our endeavors, put ourselves in a right standing with God.” –Alistair Begg

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“O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.” –Psalm 104:24 ESV

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When writing to the Ephesians, Paul understood that his readers would be distraught that he was imprisoned. Because of this, he reminded them of God’s purpose revealed in time through Jesus, the privilege of the Christian to boldly and confidently come to Christ, and his perspective that this present suffering was for their glory. Alistair Begg guides listeners to take heed of Paul’s words and frame our view of time and history through the revelation of Jesus Christ, to confidently approach Him, and trust that even in suffering God’s eternal purposes are being worked out in Christ.

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“Pride is at the heart of all of our obstinacy and all of our disobedience.” –Alistair Begg

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“Pride is at the heart of all of our obstinacy and all of our disobedience” –Alistair Begg

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The pages of the Old Testament are rich with familiar stories and people that demonstrate the depths of God's faithfulness and reveal His nature. But how relevant are these ancient writings to life in 2016? And what is the proper way to study the Old Testament in relation to the New?

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Dear Friend,

In Acts 17, Paul preached Jesus and the resurrection to Epicurean and Stoic philosophers. Their response to all that they heard was, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? For you bring some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean.” When Paul explained the Gospel, some heard and mocked, while others listened and believed.

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