Truth For Life Blog

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In his brief letter to Titus, one of the young pastors under his care, Paul provides instruction on issues like church leadership and doctrine. In the exhortations spanning Titus 2:11–3:11, Paul describes the relationship between God’s grace and our good works. Like a cause and effect, grace, he explains, produces in us a desire to do good (2:14).

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In 1 Timothy 6:11, Paul urges Timothy to “pursue” a number of qualities, one of which is eusebeia, translated “godliness.” This is a term that Paul uses frequently in the letter. (See 2:2, 3:16, 4:7, and 6:6.) It describes a state of spiritual fitness, and it is expressive of another English word that has largely fallen out of fashion: piety.

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“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.”
John 14:1

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Before He returned to the Father, Christ commissioned His church to “go … and make disciples of all nations” (Matt. 28:18). That day, the church received its commission, but it was on a later day—after Christ had ascended, on the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came on the gathering of disciples—that the church began its mission. Only then, under the Spirit’s power, did they at last begin to preach the Gospel to “devout men from every nation under heaven” who were gathered in Jerusalem (Acts 2:4–5).

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“The only way the veil is taken away from our eyes is when we understand who Jesus is and what Jesus has done.”
—Alistair Begg

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Dear Friend,

Allow me to begin by inviting you to join me in praying for a man who, although we have never met, has made an impact on my life since I was a teenager. The lyrics and melodies of Paul Simon have contributed significantly to the soundtrack of my life. I borrowed from one of his songs to try to convince the girl living three thousand miles away that I loved her: “My mind’s distracted and diffused, my thoughts are many miles away; they lie with you when you’re asleep and kiss you when you start the day.” It worked!

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Repentance is a key doctrine of Christian faith. From John the Baptist’s wilderness cry in the Gospels (Matt. 3:2, Mark 1:4, Luke 3:3) to Paul’s defense before King Agrippa (Acts 26:20) and beyond, it’s a regular topic of the New Testament’s teaching. In fact, right after His resurrection, Jesus told His disciples, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations” (Luke 24:46–47). A call to repentance, the Lord said, is a fundamental part of Gospel proclamation.

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