Truth For Life Blog

Alistair Begg reflects on the challenge we all face in moments of national crisis. Sharing words from John Stott, Alistair reminds us that while goodwill to all is an appropriate response to trauma, we must make sure that our confidence is rightly placed in Christ and our message remains unchanged.

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“The ground of our salvation is the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ; the evidence of our salvation is that we continue along the journey of faith.”
— Alistair Begg

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We find ourselves in challenging days. Thankfully, we can turn to the Bible to discover what God requires of us in this and every other season. Alistair Begg takes us to 1 Thessalonians to discover three directives for the present time.

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God’s inscrutability doesn’t imply that faith is a leap in the dark. Rather, we ought to consider the evidence of Scripture with reasoned trust. Although by nature we tend to suppress the truth, our minds are indispensable, teaches Alistair Begg. Through faith, God opens our hearts and minds to consider all that He reveals and points us toward Jesus, our incomparable Savior, Shepherd, and Friend.

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Dear Friend,

I am pretty sure that a number of us have found ourselves turning to the concluding verses of Habakkuk during these somewhat daunting days. The prophet, much like Job and sometimes the psalmist, is having a hard time reconciling the difficulties God’s people face with His promise to protect and provide. Resolution comes when he turns to God in prayer and reminds himself that “God, the Lord, is my strength,” and so although he may be faced with a series of material disasters, yet he “will rejoice in the Lord” and “take joy in the God of my salvation.” I encourage you to read the short prophecy. Remember Paul’s words to the church at Rome: “For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”

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The international group GivingTuesday has designated May 5, 2020 as #GivingTuesdayNow, a global emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19.

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Alistair Begg draws from John Calvin to remind us there’s more to happiness than external advantages. In gloomy and uncertain days, we have a better source of strength.

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“When Jesus saved us, He didn't save us in isolation. He saved us as individuals, but He brought us into His family.”
— Alistair Begg

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Alistair Begg encourages us to look beyond what we can see, feel, and smell—to lift our eyes up from the things around us and fix them in a new direction.

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Many experts claim to have the answers to life’s most difficult questions. God’s Word, however, teaches that we are limited in our understanding and that God’s ways are inscrutable. Indeed, the writer of Ecclesiastes observed that “all is vanity.” But we are not to grow bitter and sullen. Instead, Alistair Begg encourages us to heed Scripture’s advice, taking joy in life’s simple pleasures and applying our hearts to know wisdom as it’s been revealed by God.

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