Truth For Life Blog

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.

Topics: Articles

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

Topics: Monthly Resources

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

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

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:

Topics: From the Archives

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.

Topics: Articles

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.

Topics: Ministry Updates