Truth For Life Blog

“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:

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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.

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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

“The Christian church has an opportunity … to say we know the one who has conquered death and has made a way for you to conquer death.”
—Alistair Begg

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

God makes all things beautiful in His time—even when His timing isn’t what we have in mind! When the Hebrews were enslaved and treated harshly in Egypt, one Hebrew infant was spared. Nurtured in the faith by his own mother, Moses also enjoyed the privileged life of an Egyptian prince. In his sermon “In His Time — Part Two,” Alistair Begg points out how Moses’s eventual role as the deliverer of his people points forward to an even greater Deliverer:

Topics: From the Archives

Writing to the believers in Corinth, the apostle Paul reflected on the weighty task of proclaiming God’s Word:

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Dear Friend,

Carved into the stone at the entrance to our building are these words from Isaiah 40:8: “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.”

Topics: Letters From Alistair Begg

In Matthew 28:19, Jesus instructs His followers to “go … and make disciples of all nations.” It’s important to remember that this biblical call to action is still relevant to us today.

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