Who Rules the World, Really?
In 1967, Paul McCartney sang, “I’ve got to admit it’s getting better, a little better all the time.” On that Beatles track, John and George sang a response: “It can’t get no worse.”1 That response was an honest lyric in the 1960s—and many may feel it’s still an apt description today.
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Wallpaper: Purpose
“God is able to sweep all of our failures and our disappointments into fulfilling His purpose, so that the great and transcendent power might be seen to belong not to the old clay pots which are our lives but to … the Lord Jesus.”
—Alistair Begg
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Alistair Begg on the Power of Preaching
The Wisdom of Knowing When to Say No
In his letter to Titus, the apostle Paul explains to his fellow minister that the grace of God trains us to “say ‘No’ to ungodliness and worldly passions” (2:12 NIV). Jesus uses similar language when He teaches His disciples to answer requests directly: “Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’” (Matthew 5:37). For the Christian, in other words, there is a right time to say no—and a crucial element of leadership is knowing when that time is.
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Wallpaper: Invisible
“[God’s] invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made.”
Romans 1:20
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Sermons on the Protestant Reformation
More than five hundred years ago, the Protestant Reformation called the church back to the authority of Scripture and the good news that sinners are justified by grace alone, through faith alone, and in Christ alone. Over the course of his pastoral ministry, Alistair Begg routinely took a Sunday adjacent to October 31—traditionally, the day when Martin Luther published his Ninety-Five Theses—to reflect on the Reformation’s legacy and relevance for today’s believers.
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Wallpaper: Along the Journey
“Let me tell you how you experience God: Read your Bible, and do what it says, and He’ll meet with you along the journey.”
—Alistair Begg
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Not Old, Not Young, Not Done: Following Jesus in Your 50s and 60s
