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“They who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
Isaiah 40:31

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How a Christian behaves may open doors of opportunity, or it may slam them shut. Although reputation with the world should never come before love and fear of God, the New Testament clearly calls believers to lives of public repute—of humility and obedience that demonstrate the Gospel’s moral beauty and civic value to a watching world. Generally speaking, Scripture teaches that a faithful Christian is also a good neighbor and citizen.

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“Only on the footing of free grace can the most experienced and most honored of the saints approach their God.”
—C. H. Spurgeon

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As he drew his first letter to a close, the apostle Peter focused in on the reality of suffering that his recipients would endure and the need for leaders to shepherd their flocks well. Like every caring pastor, Peter realized that the people to whom he was writing needed to know God and live in the light of His truth. In his message “Anchored by Grace,” Alistair Begg examines Peter’s instructions, which include an admonition to embrace true, godly humility:

Topics: From the Archives

“One thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13–14 ESV)

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Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land.
I am weak, but Thou art mighty;
Hold me with Thy powerful hand.
Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven,
Feed me till I want no more;
Feed me till I want no more.

Topics: Hymns and Worship

Tiago Santos is the executive director of Ministério Fiel, located in Brazil. Over the past three years, Truth For Life has had the exciting privilege of partnering with Ministério Fiel to translate books by Alistair into Portuguese. Four titles, including Truth For Life: 365 Daily Devotions, Volume 1, Name Above All Names, The Christian Manifesto, and Preaching for God’s Glory are now complete and reaching Portuguese-speaking people in Brazil, Portugal, Angola, and Mozambique.

Topics: Ministry Updates

In running the Christian race, have you ever felt like quitting? Do you wonder if you’ll make it to the finish line at all? The fact is, many things stand in the way of our Christian progress. It’s “through many dangers, toils, and snares,”¹ John Newton famously wrote, that we enter the kingdom.

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Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire,
Unuttered or expressed,
The motion of a hidden fire
That trembles in the breast.

Topics: Hymns and Worship

“Christian doctrines are life-shaping. They show us the God we worship.” —Sinclair B. Ferguson

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“I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.”
Psalm 57:9

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When God gave Moses the assignment of delivering Israel from bondage in Egypt, what Moses needed to know more than anything was God’s name and word. Indeed, down through the centuries, mankind’s greatest need has always been to know God’s character, to receive His promises, and to live in the light of both. In his final message as Parkside Church’s senior pastor, Alistair Begg calls us to reflect on God’s unfailing trustworthiness, which gives us sure grounds for staking our lives upon His promises:

Topics: From the Archives

After failing in his first attempt as Israel’s deliverer from Egypt, Moses spent the next forty years living the routine life of a shepherd—yet during these “silent” years, God was preparing him to shepherd His people. In his last Sunday morning message from the Parkside Church pulpit, Alistair Begg turns our gaze to Jesus, the ultimate Deliverer for God’s people, and invites us to consider what it truly means to follow Him:

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Paul was no slacker. The apostle who wrote the majority of the books in the New Testament seems never to have done anything halfway. We see that profoundly in Philippians 3, where he describes the price he paid to follow Christ: “I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord … that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead” (Phil. 3:8, 11). In his discipleship, he made an unmitigated commitment—and he stuck to it.

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On June 8, 2025, Alistair Begg concluded his time as Parkside Church’s senior pastor after more than forty years leading the congregation. He will continue his ministry work at Truth For Life and maintain an active speaking schedule.

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“The Christian church has an opportunity … to say we know the one who has conquered death and has made a way for you to conquer death.”
—Alistair Begg

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God makes all things beautiful in His time—even when His timing isn’t what we have in mind! When the Hebrews were enslaved and treated harshly in Egypt, one Hebrew infant was spared. Nurtured in the faith by his own mother, Moses also enjoyed the privileged life of an Egyptian prince. In his sermon “In His Time — Part Two,” Alistair Begg points out how Moses’s eventual role as the deliverer of his people points forward to an even greater Deliverer:

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Writing to the believers in Corinth, the apostle Paul reflected on the weighty task of proclaiming God’s Word:

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Dear Friend,

Carved into the stone at the entrance to our building are these words from Isaiah 40:8: “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.”

Topics: Letters From Alistair Begg

In Matthew 28:19, Jesus instructs His followers to “go … and make disciples of all nations.” It’s important to remember that this biblical call to action is still relevant to us today.

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“There is nothing little in God; His steadfast love is like Himself—it is infinite. You cannot measure it.”
—C. H. Spurgeon

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