Letters From Alistair Begg

Alistair Begg reflects on the life, legacy, and influence of John MacArthur, who died on July 14, 2025.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Warmest New Year’s greetings!

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Dear Friend,

I hope this finds you in good heart and in no way overwhelmed by preparations for Christmas.

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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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