Truth For Life Blog

Why did God create a world in which suffering exists?

You don’t have to be a philosopher or a doubter of God’s goodness to ask such a question. Look around: everyone suffers, and everyone tries to explain why. Some may say pain is an illusion. Others may reject God, saying that suffering disproves His existence. Still others may try to redefine God, saying that suffering proves His limitations. Yet each of these explanations for suffering is, in its own way, inadequate.

Topics: Begg's Blog, Articles

It's not always easy to initiate a Gospel conversation. So perhaps these printable invitations will be a helpful way for you to point a friend, neighbor, or family member to introductory teaching about who Jesus is and why He came.

Topics: Ministry Updates

“Jesus is a wonderful Savior to have—a Savior who keeps us in the hour of our deepest darkness, in the moments of our abject failure, at the points of our greatest weakness. And how does He do it? According to His Word!”
— Alistair Begg

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

The Lord’s ways are undeniably mysterious. Even so, they are sure, and He accomplishes all He sets out to do. As King Saul’s dynasty waned, Abner, once David’s enemy, negotiated and consulted to shift his allegiance to the rising king. Behind it all, though, God continued to work out His plan through imperfect people in less-than-ideal circumstances. Alistair Begg examines 2 Samuel 3, pointing out that David’s grace toward this unsavory character prefigures the peace offered to us through Christ Jesus.

Topics: From the Archives

Second Samuel 3 relates a story charged with ambition, sex, power, and politics. Arrogantly fancying himself the kingmaker, Saul’s army commander, Abner, defected to David’s expanding dynasty. Yet David’s imperfect, convoluted path to the throne wasn’t the result of human calculation or manipulation. Rather, God was accomplishing His plan despite, and even through, the messy circumstances. As Alistair Begg points out, only when God’s love is revealed and we believe in Jesus can we take our place on the right side of history.

Topics: From the Archives

As we move to the end of the year, please remember Truth For Life in your year-end giving plans. Your support makes Alistair’s teaching library completely free to access, offsets the cost of our books and study materials, and makes it possible for Truth For Life to broadcast on nearly two-thousand radio outlets!

Topics: Ministry Updates

The CARES Act is the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act enacted in March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides temporary changes in 2020 to the tax laws to encourage increased charitable giving. These changes include enhanced tax benefits in 2020 for charitable gifts, as well as favorable changes impacting the tax treatment of withdrawals from qualified retirement accounts.

Topics: Ministry Updates

When will Jesus Christ return? What are the signs of the end of the world? What will the end times be like? Alistair Begg looks at passages in the Bible that speak of the end times and reminds us that God is in control even in the chaos.

Topics: From the Archives

After His resurrection, Jesus told His followers to “go and make disciples.” Since then, many have wondered what that the word “disciple” really means. What is a disciple of Jesus Christ?

Topics: Monthly Resources

“When our renewed heart struggles against our natural heaviness, we should be grateful to sovereign grace for keeping a little vitality within this body of death.”
— C.H. Spurgeon

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper