Truth For Life Blog

“God takes us to Himself and says, ‘You are twice mine. I made you. I sought you. I bought you. You’re mine.’”
—Alistair Begg

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The book of Proverbs is timeless. Thousands of years after it was written, its practical precepts are still relevant. Men and women continue to face the perplexities of human existence, trapped between the apparent futility of life as we know it and the promise of life as we long to know it. What we hope to be and what we actually are is separated by a large chasm.

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“We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.”
Romans 6:4

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At the heart of Christianity lies the mystery and majesty of the Trinity—one God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Yet for many believers, God’s triune nature can feel abstract or confusing. Distinct Communion draws from the rich insights of Puritan theologian John Owen to bring clarity, showing believers how to relate distinctly to each person of the Godhead and how each person in the Godhead works uniquely in the believer’s life.

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A Chicago Tribune article published in 1991 reported an astonishing study: At the time, the American Association for the Advancement of Science said of humanity, “Proficiency at lying may be the best measure of advancement, with primates much more adept at it than other mammals and human beings the most masterful liars on the planet.”¹ Proficiency in lying, the Association reasoned, is the best measure of our progress as a people. We are what we are because of our ability to deceive, perjure, and distort the truth.

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“Jesus has risen from the dead in a transformed body which will never die again …. He now has a body over which death is impotent.”
—Alistair Begg

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As he drew his first epistle to a close, the apostle Peter turned his focus to the elders of the churches to which he wrote, urging them to lead their people with godliness. Elders and pastors are shepherds over God’s flock, Alistair Begg reminds us—ones who should lead by example, cultivating humility, entrusting God with their anxieties, preparing to face adversity, and resting in the security of God’s grace. In “Standing Firm in the Grace of God,” Alistair helps to understand what true, godly humility looks like:

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In Romans 8, as the apostle Paul considers the grandeur of God’s salvation, he encourages us to look beyond our tiny private worlds. God’s plan is to put the universe back together again in a brand-new creation through redemption in Jesus Christ. Through faith in Him, we await a “glory that is to be revealed to us” (v. 18), which is “the freedom of the glory of the children of God” (v. 21) and includes “the redemption of our bodies” (v. 23) finally and totally from the grasp of decay and death.

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“My soul, take heed that in everything you are honest and true, as in the sight of the heart-searching God.”
—C. H. Spurgeon

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In the fourth chapter of his first epistle, in light of all that he’d written up to that point, Peter continued to unpack how the reality of Christ’s sacrifice should shape the day-to-day of the Christian life. Living under the shadow of the cross, Alistair Begg explains, means thinking properly, living differently, and being prepared to face abuse—even as we keep our eyes fixed on the end:

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