Alistair Begg on a Godless Worldview
Dear Friend,
I wonder how many times in the first six months of this year you found yourself asking, “What is going on?”
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Alistair Begg Reflects on God’s Gift: The Scriptures
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.”
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Alistair Begg Encourages Us to Pray for Our Pastors
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina
Dear Friend,
I am writing this letter from the campus of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. It is my humble privilege to have been invited to deliver the 2025 Adams Lecture Series on preaching. Being in the company of the seminary’s faculty and the students they’re preparing for pastoral ministry provides a strong reminder of the immense privilege and responsibility of being called by God to shepherd the people of God.
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The Power of the Holy Spirit to Open Blind Eyes
Dear Friend,
The arrival of spring signals all kinds of new beginnings. Plants that have been dormant “spring” into life, and birdsong, long silent, beckons us to a new day. The clocks change, and Easter arrives, bringing us once again to the cross, the empty tomb, and then to the ascension and Pentecost. At Pentecost, we are reminded of the indispensable work of the Holy Spirit in the believer’s life.
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Alistair Begg Reflects on Speaking at the CMS Summer School
Dear Friend,
As I looked out at the crowd that had gathered for the CMS Summer School in Katoomba, Australia, this past January, a number of thoughts were running through my mind. I was humbled by the invitation that had brought me to the event and by the upholding prayer from my own congregation, which was, at that moment, so far away. I was also struck by the extent to which those attending were engaged in CMS’s vision to seek “a world that knows Jesus.”
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Truth For Life Celebrates 30 Years of Daily Bible Teaching!
Dear Friend,
From time to time, when people ask how Truth For Life began, I tell them that it was in response to the initiative of others and the prayers of the Parkside elders.
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Alistair Begg on Alan Stibbs's Influence
Alistair Begg on What Makes Christmas Come Alive
Dear Friend,
I hope this finds you in good heart and in no way overwhelmed by preparations for Christmas.
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Alistair Begg with Biblical Wisdom for Voting
Dear Friend,
I haven’t checked, but I will not be surprised to discover that the content of my letter written four years ago on the threshold of the US election was not dissimilar to this letter, particularly in seeking to declare, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns” (Rev. 19:6).
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Alistair Begg on Attending the Sing! Conference
Dear Friend,
I just returned from the SING! Conference, hosted by my friends Keith and Kristyn Getty. Part of my responsibility was to encourage pastors like myself to take seriously our role as it relates to the singing of the congregation. We considered how the twelfth verse of Hebrews 2 should guide our thinking: “I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”
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