Truth For Life Blog

In this newly released book, Alistair Begg walks through the alphabet from A to Z, using a word for each letter to help children discover who Jesus is and what He is like. Each carefully chosen word is grounded in Scripture and highlights an aspect of Jesus’ nature and character, faithfully introducing children to their Shepherd, Redeemer, and King.

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“Whatever our spiritual malady may be, we should apply at once to this Divine Physician. There is no brokenness of heart that Jesus cannot bind up.”
—C. H. Spurgeon

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The book of Jude, as it nears its conclusion, includes a pair of apparently paradoxical statements. First, Jude encourages the Christians to whom he writes, “Keep yourselves in the love of God” (v. 21), exhorting them to do the practical work that it takes to remain faithful to the Lord Jesus. On the other hand, in his great doxological conclusion, Jude praises God as the one “who is able to keep you from stumbling” (v. 24). We keep ourselves, and God also keeps us.

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The seventeenth-century minister Thomas Jacomb once wrote of Romans 8, “From first to last, it is high gospel.”[1] Beginning with “no condemnation” and ending with the assurance that nothing can separate us from God’s love, it is one of the most magisterial and encouraging chapters in all of Scripture. In his message “No Condemnation in Christ,”  Alistair Begg begins a short tour through its profound depths, helping us to grasp the solution to the predicament of sin, the relationship between freedom and the law, the call to walk in newness of life by God’s Spirit—and, in this excerpt, the significance of being “in Christ”:

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“I want to make sure that we’re really serious about listening to the Word of God—not because of the person who is proclaiming it but because it is the Word of God.”
—Alistair Begg

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By its very nature, life confronts us with the question of our meaning. We ask ourselves, as the famous piece by Gauguin puts it, “Where do we come from? Who are we? Where are we going?” We urgently need to know the answers to these questions.

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“The providence of God is the foundation of all our security. It is this which gives to us comfort in the face of difficulty.”
—Alistair Begg

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Trapped in a dark world without a clear view of God, the writer of Ecclesiastes went on a desperate search for meaning. He indulged in everything this life could offer—pleasure, achievement, wealth, and wisdom—only to find himself empty and unfulfilled. After climbing high on life’s ladder, he made a sobering discovery: It was leaning against the wrong wall. So where is true purpose and lasting satisfaction found?

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For a short time in the first century—between the events of Matthew 4:11 and those of Matthew 4:12—Jesus and John the Baptist were both ministering, each in his own way. The Gospel of John tells us that Jesus’ disciples were baptizing in Judea and that John’s disciples noticed the growing impact of Jesus’ ministry, leading them to feel curious and perhaps even envious (3:25–26; 4:1–2).

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“To you, O LORD, I call;
 my rock, be not deaf to me,
lest, if you be silent to me,
 I become like those who go down to the pit.
Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,
 when I cry to you for help,
when I lift up my hands
 toward your most holy sanctuary.”
Psalm 28:1–2

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