Truth For Life Blog

Many exciting initiatives are underway this year at Truth For Life!

We thought you may be interested in hearing about some of the many efforts being made possible by your giving and prayer this year. In particular, the month-by-month giving from Truthpartners is essential to all we do, because it provides a consistent source of support that enables us to make investments in areas like pastoral training, translation, Bible-teaching content creation, and, of course, the distribution of our daily program.

Topics: Ministry Updates

Christian life hinges on grace. Grace provides the impetus for Christian beginnings, the prospect of Christian conclusions, and the energy for Christian living between these two points. Those who find themselves lacking impetus, prospect, or energy often fall into one of two categories.

Topics: Articles

“This light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.”
2 Corinthians 4:17

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

The late professional golfer Tommy Armour observed, “It is not solely the capacity to make great shots that make champions, but the essential quality of making very few bad shots.”¹ In other words, good golfers make consistent shots. What is true in the sport is true for all of life: consistency is the key to doing anything well, while inconsistency brings with it great peril.

Topics: Articles

As Jesus prayed in the garden of Gethsemane on the night before His crucifixion, He was distressed about His coming task. Luke tells us that He prayed, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me.” When He had prayed this, “there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.” Yet Luke immediately goes on to say that “being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground” (Luke 22:42–44). And ultimately, of course, Jesus did drink the cup of God’s wrath on the cross.

Topics: Articles

“Godliness is simply the living of life with an all-pervasive sense of God’s presence.”
—Alistair Begg

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

Another year of Basics has come and gone! We hope that you were able to attend the conference or watch the live stream. If not, you can now freely stream or download every message from the conference here or in the Truth For Life app.

For those who are parents, are about to become parents, or have adult children who are parents, the book Parenting Essentials gives a practical, biblical framework for raising well-adjusted, God-honoring children.

Topics: Monthly Resources

Through all the changing scenes of life,
In trouble and in joy,
The praises of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ.
Of His deliv’rance I will boast,
Till all that are distressed
From my example comfort take
And lay their griefs to rest.

Topics: Hymns and Worship

God’s goodness is an immense subject. Stephen Charnock, a seventeenth-century English Puritan, wrote extensively on the subject. In his two-volume work on the existence and attributes of God, he devoted 145 pages to God’s goodness alone! Many of us would be hard-pressed to fill one page, but not Charnock. All of God’s acts, he says, are the outpourings of divine goodness. Charnock lists some examples:

Topics: Articles

“Without grace, love and faith would be impossible. Without love and faith, there is no evidence of a work of grace.”
—Alistair Begg

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

In part one of this series, we examined the biblical pattern of reminder, and especially Peter’s effort to remind his readers of the basic truths of the Gospel, which he declares in 2 Peter 1:12–15 . By repeatedly coming back to the essentials, Peter sought to prevent his readers from being led astray by false teachers who denied Christ and the Gospel.

Topics: Articles

“He who is involved in the life cycle of the sparrow is profoundly involved in the lives of His children.”
—Alistair Begg

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

Dear Friend,

Warmest Christian Greetings. It is a privilege to write to you on a monthly basis and to hear from you in turn. Thank you for encouraging us as a team and for standing with us in the cause of the Gospel.

Topics: Letters From Alistair Begg

Since Jesus’ disciples didn’t yet grasp the reality of His upcoming death and resurrection, they struggled to understand what He meant when He said, “A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me.” In answer to their confusion, Jesus prepared them for His departure by comparing the cross to the agony and joy of childbirth. In his sermon “From Sorrow to Joy,” Alistair walks us through John 16:16–24, clarifying how, like the apostles, we, too, can be assured and rejoice.

In part one of this series, we examined the biblical pattern of reminder, and especially Peter’s effort to remind his readers of the basic truths of the Gospel, which he declares in 2 Peter 1:12–15. By repeatedly coming back to the essentials, Peter sought to prevent his readers from being led astray by false teachers who denied Christ and the Gospel. Pastors today should take a lesson from Peter and be deliberate in urging the essentials of the Gospel on their own congregations.

Topics: Articles

If you have friends who can seemingly recite Scripture passages with ease, you might wonder how they do it—and wish that you, too, had full verses right there and accessible in your mind! Well, memorizing Scripture is easier than you think when you follow the simple pattern in the booklet How to Memorize Scripture for Life.

Topics: Monthly Resources