Truth For Life Blog

“How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!”
—Psalm 139:17

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

Most of us in the West can only imagine what it’s like to be caught up in the toils and tragedies of war. War has been a feature of the world ever since the fall, and both its consequences and its prevention remain key concerns of the high-minded.

But war not only confronts us globally, between people groups; it also confronts us individually, within our very natures. The Westminster Confession of Faith describes Christians as engaged in “a continual and irreconcilable war”¹ between the flesh and the spirit as sin seeks to maintain its hold on our lives.

Topics: Articles

O Love that will not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee.
I give thee back the life I owe,
that in thine ocean depths its flow
may richer, fuller be.

Topics: Hymns and Worship

When the disciples faced a terrifying storm, Jesus slept soundly in their boat. Then, when they awakened Jesus in fear, He responded with a display of His power and completely stilled the wind and waves with a word. Alistair Begg teaches from this Gospel story about the heart of Jesus toward His followers. Though following Him does not insulate us from life’s upheavals, no one is better suited to deal with our predicaments than Jesus, fully God and fully man.

Topics: From the Archives

Twenty-three years ago, encouraged by my colleague Jeff Mills, we began a conference with the goal of helping pastors to keep on in Gospel ministry. Sensing that we needed to give the conference a name, we settled on Basics. Our thinking was both simple and straightforward: rather than setting unrealistic or unattainable goals, we would focus on the fundamentals of being servants of the Word. Around that time, I had read a book which analyzed the success of various companies and was struck by the observation that despite the unique aspects of each company, what was true of them all was their ability to “do the basics well most of the time.” 

Topics: Letters From Alistair Begg

“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory… ”
—Ephesians 3:20

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

How often do you think about the oxygen that fills your lungs? Like the air we breathe, Christian values infuse our sense of morality in ways that are most often subconscious. The book The Air We Breathe: How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality is a fascinating exploration of the values our contemporary society describes as natural or innate, while pointing out that these values are, in fact, not innate but given to us by our Creator.

Topics: Monthly Resources

Hail to the Lord's Anointed,
great David's greater Son!
Hail in the time appointed,
his reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
to set the captive free;
to take away transgression,
and rule in equity.

Topics: Hymns and Worship

“It is good and right to let the light of God’s word shine on our hearts and expose what is there, for it will move us to repentance and to gratitude to our Savior.”
—Alistair Begg

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

Begone, unbelief, my Savior is near
And for my relief will surely appear.
By prayer let me wrestle, and He will perform;
With Christ in the vessel, I smile at the storm.

Topics: Hymns and Worship