Truth For Life Blog

Why did Christ die and what does his death mean for us today? Alistair Begg looks at the death of Christ in the sermons below and reminds us that by dying on the cross, Jesus Christ bore the wrath of our sins.

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I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. (John 10:11 ESV)

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On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
the emblem of suffering and shame;
and I love that old cross where the dearest and best
for a world of lost sinners was slain.

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Download or listen to 5 sermons from Alistair Begg about Palm Sunday.

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Alas! and did my Savior bleed
And did my sovereign die?
Would He devote that sacred Head
For sinners such as I?

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The light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. … But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.
 (John 3:19, 21 ESV)

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In tenderness He sought me,
Weary and sick with sin,
And on His shoulders brought me
Back to His fold again.
While angels in His presence sang
Until the courts of heaven rang.

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Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand,
The shadow of a mighty rock within a weary land;
A home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way,
From the burning of the noontide heat, and the burden of the day.

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The cross of Christ stands at the center of the Christian faith. In fact, the preaching and ministry of the early Christians were dominated by the theme of Christ crucified. The book The Cross in Four Words surveys the whole of Scripture to help us gain a better understanding of God’s vast accomplishments through the cross—and what these accomplishments mean for each of us personally.

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“The inroads of the Gospel to the gentile world begin with one transformed life―a transformation that only Christ can bring about.”
— Alistair Begg

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