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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](https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/sermon/above-all-things-exodus-3/), Alistair Begg calls us to reflect on God’s unfailing trustworthiness, which gives us sure grounds for staking our lives upon His promises: [Continue reading …](https://blog.truthforlife.org/alistair-beggs-final-sermon-as-senior-pastor-at-parkside-church) Topics: [From the Archives](https://blog.truthforlife.org/topic/from-the-archives) --- [![thumbnail image for Not What I Do but What Jesus Has Done](https://blog.truthforlife.org/hubfs/_Blog_Images/2025_Blog_Images/NotWhatIDoBuWhatJesusHasDone_BlogHeader.jpg)](https://blog.truthforlife.org/not-what-i-do-but-what-jesus-has-done) June 13, 2025 ## [Not What I Do but What Jesus Has Done](https://blog.truthforlife.org/not-what-i-do-but-what-jesus-has-done) 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](https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/sermon/when-forty-years-had-passed/), 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: [Continue reading …](https://blog.truthforlife.org/not-what-i-do-but-what-jesus-has-done) Topics: [From the Archives](https://blog.truthforlife.org/topic/from-the-archives) --- [![thumbnail image for From Egypt to Eternity: The Gospel in the Life of Moses](https://blog.truthforlife.org/hubfs/_Blog_Images/2025_Blog_Images/3763_Blog.jpg)](https://blog.truthforlife.org/from-egypt-to-eternity-the-gospel-in-the-life-of-moses) June 06, 2025 ## [From Egypt to Eternity: The Gospel in the Life of Moses](https://blog.truthforlife.org/from-egypt-to-eternity-the-gospel-in-the-life-of-moses) 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,”](https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/sermon/exodus-2/) Alistair Begg points out how Moses’s eventual role as the deliverer of his people points forward to an even greater Deliverer: [Continue reading …](https://blog.truthforlife.org/from-egypt-to-eternity-the-gospel-in-the-life-of-moses) Topics: [From the Archives](https://blog.truthforlife.org/topic/from-the-archives) --- [![thumbnail image for “Where Is God?”: Exodus 1 and the Problem of Pain](https://blog.truthforlife.org/hubfs/_Blog_Images/2025_Blog_Images/WhereIsGodExodus1AndTheProblemOfPain_BlogHeader.jpg)](https://blog.truthforlife.org/where-is-god-exodus-1-and-the-problem-of-pain) May 30, 2025 ## [“Where Is God?”: Exodus 1 and the Problem of Pain](https://blog.truthforlife.org/where-is-god-exodus-1-and-the-problem-of-pain) In [Exodus 1](https://www.truthforlife.org/bible/exodus+1), the people of Israel face an unimaginable problem: After enjoying years of favor in Egypt, they live to see the rise of a new pharaoh, who institutes a harsh policy of infanticide to quell the rising Hebrew population. If God is, as we say, the God in charge of history, how do we make sense of such an atrocity? In his sermon “In His Time,” Alistair Begg helps us to acknowledge the tension such a question raises: [Continue reading …](https://blog.truthforlife.org/where-is-god-exodus-1-and-the-problem-of-pain) Topics: [From the Archives](https://blog.truthforlife.org/topic/from-the-archives) --- [![thumbnail image for Not by Chance: Why Christians See Purpose in Everything](https://blog.truthforlife.org/hubfs/_Blog_Images/2025_Blog_Images/NotByChance_BlogHeader.jpg)](https://blog.truthforlife.org/not-by-chance-why-christians-see-purpose-in-everything) May 23, 2025 ## [Not by Chance: Why Christians See Purpose in Everything](https://blog.truthforlife.org/not-by-chance-why-christians-see-purpose-in-everything) In a world where many people think life lacks rhyme or reason, Christians are called to be different and to think differently. With our Bibles open, we affirm that God is both creator and sustainer of the universe He has made. In short, we believe in the [doctrine of providence](https://www.truthforlife.org/topics/biblical-studies/providence-of-god/). In his sermon [“The God in Charge of History,”](https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/sermon/the-god-in-charge-of-history/) Alistair Begg helps us to understand the biblical origin and definition of this important doctrine: [Continue reading …](https://blog.truthforlife.org/not-by-chance-why-christians-see-purpose-in-everything) Topics: [From the Archives](https://blog.truthforlife.org/topic/from-the-archives) --- [![thumbnail image for The King of Kings on Trial: Pilate's Crucial Crossroads](https://blog.truthforlife.org/hubfs/_Blog_Images/2025_Blog_Images/TheKingOfKingsOnTrialPilatesCrucialCrossroads_BlogHeader.jpg)](https://blog.truthforlife.org/the-king-of-kings-on-trial-pilates-crucial-crossroads) April 21, 2025 ## [The King of Kings on Trial: Pilate's Crucial Crossroads](https://blog.truthforlife.org/the-king-of-kings-on-trial-pilates-crucial-crossroads) In 1 Corinthians 13:12, referencing what awaits us in eternity, the apostle Paul wrote that “now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face.” What would it be like to speak face-to-face with Jesus? The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had just such an encounter as Christ stood on trial before him—an encounter that, as Alistair Begg explains in his sermon [“‘What Shall I Do with Jesus?,’”](https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/sermon/what-shall-I-do-with-Jesus/) revealed the Son of Man’s majesty even as it brought Pilate to a crucial crossroads: [Continue reading …](https://blog.truthforlife.org/the-king-of-kings-on-trial-pilates-crucial-crossroads) Topics: [From the Archives](https://blog.truthforlife.org/topic/from-the-archives) --- [![thumbnail image for The Danger of Self-Assurance: Lessons from the Apostle Peter](https://blog.truthforlife.org/hubfs/_Blog_Images/2025_Blog_Images/TheDangerofSelfAssuranceLessonsfromtheApostlePeter_BLogHeader.jpg)](https://blog.truthforlife.org/the-danger-of-self-assurance-lessons-from-the-apostle-peter) April 11, 2025 ## [The Danger of Self-Assurance: Lessons from the Apostle Peter](https://blog.truthforlife.org/the-danger-of-self-assurance-lessons-from-the-apostle-peter) Scripture calls us to a measure of confidence. But what happens when that confidence is misplaced or misdirected? In the garden of Gethsemane, Peter’s self-assurance led him to foolishly attack one of the men who came to arrest Jesus—but later that night, he thrice denied even knowing his Lord and Master. In his sermon [“A Question for Peter,”](https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/sermon/question-peter/) Alistair Begg helps us see the danger that can come on the heels of overconfidence: [Continue reading …](https://blog.truthforlife.org/the-danger-of-self-assurance-lessons-from-the-apostle-peter) Topics: [From the Archives](https://blog.truthforlife.org/topic/from-the-archives) --- [![thumbnail image for The Calm Before the Cross](https://blog.truthforlife.org/hubfs/_Blog_Images/2025_Blog_Images/TheCalmBeforetheCross_BlogHeader.jpg)](https://blog.truthforlife.org/the-calm-before-the-cross) April 11, 2025 ## [The Calm Before the Cross](https://blog.truthforlife.org/the-calm-before-the-cross) When a crowd led by Judas came to the garden of Gethsemane to arrest Him, Jesus—unlike His disciples—didn’t lose His composure. Instead, in both word and deed, He revealed Himself to be at peace and in control. What was the basis for Jesus’ startling serenity in the face of betrayal? In his sermon [“‘The Hour Has Come,’”](https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/sermon/hour-has-come-/) Alistair Begg considers the answer: [Continue reading …](https://blog.truthforlife.org/the-calm-before-the-cross) Topics: [From the Archives](https://blog.truthforlife.org/topic/from-the-archives) --- [![thumbnail image for “Shall I Not Drink the Cup?”: God’s Wrath and His Will](https://blog.truthforlife.org/hubfs/_Blog_Images/2025_Blog_Images/ShallINotDrinktheCup_Blog.jpg)](https://blog.truthforlife.org/shall-i-not-drink-the-cup-gods-wrath-and-his-will) March 19, 2025 ## [“Shall I Not Drink the Cup?”: God’s Wrath and His Will](https://blog.truthforlife.org/shall-i-not-drink-the-cup-gods-wrath-and-his-will) What was Jesus referring to when He asked Peter in the garden of Gethsemane, “Shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?” We might be prone to think that the “cup” He mentioned symbolized the physical suffering Christ would meet on the cross—but, as Alistair Begg points out in his sermon [“Shall I Not Drink the Cup?,”](https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/sermon/john-18/) He probably had something even more momentous in mind: [Continue reading …](https://blog.truthforlife.org/shall-i-not-drink-the-cup-gods-wrath-and-his-will) Topics: [From the Archives](https://blog.truthforlife.org/topic/from-the-archives) --- [![thumbnail image for “Because He Loves Us!”](https://blog.truthforlife.org/hubfs/_Blog_Images/2025_Blog_Images/3714_Blog.jpg)](https://blog.truthforlife.org/because-he-loves-us) March 14, 2025 ## [“Because He Loves Us!”](https://blog.truthforlife.org/because-he-loves-us) In the final sentence of His prayer in [John 17](https://www.truthforlife.org/bible/john+17), Jesus declares that He made known God’s name to His disciples and “will continue to make it known.” Then He explains why: “that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.” In his [final sermon](https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/sermon/john-17-26/) in the series [*The High Priestly Prayer*](https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/series/high-priestly-prayer/), Alistair Begg considers where this love comes from and how it is expressed: [Continue reading …](https://blog.truthforlife.org/because-he-loves-us) Topics: [From the Archives](https://blog.truthforlife.org/topic/from-the-archives) --- [Older](https://blog.truthforlife.org/topic/from-the-archives/page/4) [Newer](https://blog.truthforlife.org/topic/from-the-archives/page/2) ### Get Weekly Updates ### Recent Posts ### Blog Topics - 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