Truth For Life Blog

Give me a sight, O Savior,
Of Thy wondrous love to me,
Of the love that brought Thee down to earth
To die on Calvary.

Topics: Hymns and Worship

“He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. … And of his kingdom there will be no end.”
Luke 1:32–33

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

In Mark 4, Jesus tells a parable in which a farmer sows seed in his field. As he scatters, the seed falls on four kinds of soils: on the path, on rocky ground, among thorns, and then on good soil (vv. 3–8). The sower in the story, as verse 14 makes clear, is the one who declares God’s Word, beginning with Jesus and extending to faithful Bible teachers in every age. Jesus’ parable teaches that whenever God’s Word is faithfully proclaimed, it is met with different kinds of responses.

Topics: Articles

Come, let us join our cheerful songs
With angels round the throne.
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.

Topics: Hymns and Worship

“The Christian is made strong and firmly rooted by all the trials and storms of life.”
—C.H. Spurgeon

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

What was Jesus referring to when He asked Peter in the garden of Gethsemane, “Shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?” We might be prone to think that the “cup” He mentioned symbolized the physical suffering Christ would meet on the cross—but, as Alistair Begg points out in his sermon “Shall I Not Drink the Cup?,” He probably had something even more momentous in mind:

Topics: From the Archives

In medicine, certain vital signs—breath in the lungs, a pulse felt on the wrist, movement in the eyes—show that a person is alive. The same is true in the church, spiritually speaking: If a local body is truly alive, a few indicators will make it easy to tell. Where these vital signs are present in a congregation, they prove that Jesus Christ is in fact the head of that body.

Topics: Articles

We love the place, O God,
Wherein Thine honor dwells;
The joy of Thine abode
All earthly joy excels.

Topics: Hymns and Worship

Sighing on Sunday: 40 Meditations for When Church Hurts explores the difficult—but unfortunately not uncommon—circumstances of pain experienced by people from others within the church.

Topics: Monthly Resources

“Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness.”
Psalm 29:2

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

In the final sentence of His prayer in John 17, Jesus declares that He made known God’s name to His disciples and “will continue to make it known.” Then He explains why: “that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.” In his final sermon in the series The High Priestly Prayer, Alistair Begg considers where this love comes from and how it is expressed:

Topics: From the Archives

On Sunday, March 2, 2025, musicians who are members of Parkside Church were joined by members of the Cleveland Orchestra and the Cleveland Institute of Music for a special evening of classical music and a survey of God’s redemptive plan. Beginning with the opening pages of Scripture and concluding with Revelation and the believer’s new home, the concert From the Garden to Glory featured curated musical selections paired with the biblical text to help us reflect on the Bible’s overarching message: the hope found in Jesus alone. As you can see in the video below, each musical theme was accompanied by brief commentary from Alistair Begg.

Topics: Ministry Updates

Glorious things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God;
He whose Word cannot be broken
Formed thee for His own abode.
On the Rock of Ages founded,
What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation’s walls surrounded,
Thou may’st smile at all thy foes.

Topics: Hymns and Worship

“Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets” (Heb. 1:1). But, the book of Hebrews tells us, the situation has changed. God’s Word has come to us in its fullness not as a series of propositions or promises but as a person: “In these last days he has spoken to us by his Son” (v. 2). In Jesus Christ, presented to us infallibly in the Scriptures, God essentially says about Himself and His eternal plan, “Here is My final word. There is nothing better to say.”

Topics: Articles

“The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man.”
Acts 17:24

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

When Jesus prayed in His High Priestly Prayer, “I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known,” He was referencing something absolutely foundational: that God jealously guards His name and expects those who are His friends to do the same. In his sermon “What’s in a Name? —  Part One,” Alistair helps us to understand why God places such importance on reverence for His name:

Topics: From the Archives

“Dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh” (Col. 2:13) is not the most pleasant way to describe someone’s past. This, however, is precisely the diagnosis that Paul gave the believers in Colossae. The Colossians had been sinners against God, deserving His just punishment; and they—like the Ephesians—had been “strangers to the covenants of promise” (Eph. 2:12) in which the Jewish people found hope. In other words, the Colossians needed forgiveness but had no obvious expectation of receiving it. They were as good as dead and in need of a radical intervention.

Topics: Articles

Dear Friend,

As I looked out at the crowd that had gathered for the CMS Summer School in Katoomba, Australia, this past January, a number of thoughts were running through my mind. I was humbled by the invitation that had brought me to the event and by the upholding prayer from my own congregation, which was, at that moment, so far away. I was also struck by the extent to which those attending were engaged in CMS’s vision to seek “a world that knows Jesus.”

Topics: Letters From Alistair Begg

“‘Today you will be with me in paradise’ is the whisper of Christ to every dying saint.”
—C.H. Spurgeon

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

Gathering in person to worship and learn from God’s Word Sunday by Sunday is essential to our spiritual health and vital for a Christ-centered church community.

Topics: Monthly Resources