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“If you read only the New Testament, it’s like attending the second act of a two-act play.”
—Alistair Begg

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

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A few days ago, I awoke with the lyrics of a seldom-sung hymn, “Though Troubles Assail,” at the forefront of my mind. Hymns are a frequent companion, and relevant lyrics often rise to the surface without much conscious thought.

Topics: Letters From Alistair Begg

If you arrive at Holy Week wishing you had spent more time preparing for and meditating on the saving work of Christ, you’ll benefit significantly from the devotional book O Sacred Head, Now Wounded: A Liturgy for Daily Worship from Pascha to Pentecost. This rich collection of daily readings will greatly enhance your quiet time in prayer and help you fully experience the most significant event in human history.

Topics: Monthly Resources

In 2013, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled “Is Smart Making Us Dumb?” The writer reasoned that technology and technological advancement might be able to fix human behavior in a broken world.

Topics: Articles

“Salvation is portrayed by the ordinances, not performed in the ordinances. Only Jesus can save.”
—Alistair Begg

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

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Topics: Ministry Updates

Though troubles assail
And dangers affright,
Though friends should all fail
And foes all unite,
Yet one thing secures us,
Whatever betide:
The promise assures us,
“The Lord will provide.”

Topics: Hymns and Worship

In the 1960s, a deviant religious group called, among other things, the Children of God emerged from California. The group’s declaration was essentially this: “We are revolutionary Christian nomads, bypassing the hopeless, unresponsive older generation and churchy people and bringing new-time religion to a new-time generation.” They quickly spread their bizarre, blasphemous teachings, becoming global in their evangelism. Ironically, though, the very group which suggested that they of all people understood what it was to be a child of God didn’t bear the marks of authentic faith at all. Their claims were based in error rather than truth.

Topics: Articles

Topics: Articles