One the great tyrannies of our age is the lie that we will be most useful when we are as strong as we can be. We tell ourselves that God wants us to conquer all our challenges, to overcome the Evil One in frontal assault, to have our family and church and neighbors look to us and say, “Now there’s a strong servant of the Lord!” This was certainly the mindset of Paul’s detractors in Corinth. We find in 2 Corinthians 10 that they were the type to exalt themselves. Yet they were measuring themselves by their own standards (v. 12). In contrast to them, Paul was content to speak of his weaknesses ..read more

Does the Old Testament Really Point to Jesus? explains six different ways you can identify Jesus foreshadowed and promised in the books of the Old Testament. You’ll even learn how the law of Moses points forward to Christ. In this insightful booklet, the author notes that “if we fail to appreciate how the Old Testament points to Jesus, then we end up in error. If we’re not reading the Old Testament in light of the gospel … the Old Testament is reduced to a Christless moral code …. Worst of all, when Jesus is absent from our interpretation, we begin relating to God apart from the only one who ..read more

The Bible is a book about Jesus. While we certainly should read our Bibles with personal application in mind, we must ultimately ask, “Where is Jesus in this passage?” And where the Old Testament anticipates Christ, the New Testament presents Him. The four Gospels document Jesus’ earthly ministry, revealing the various encounters He had with men and women of His day. These accounts remind us that Jesus is pleased to work mightily in our lives, by the transforming power of His Spirit, much like He did among those living in earlier times. One such encounter is in Luke 8, where Jesus meets a de ..read more

You can listen to daily programs from Alistair Begg on Truth For Life with the Podcasts app on your Apple Watch Series 3 or later if you are connected to a Wi-Fi or cellular network. Here’s how: Subscribe to the Truth For Life Daily Program Open the Podcasts app in your iPhone that is paired with your Apple Watch. The Podcasts app icon looks like this: Click the Search icon in the lower right corner of the Podcasts app home screen. Search for “Truth For Life Programs.” In the search results: click on the “Truth For Life” icon, then click on the Subscribe button on the Program Details scr ..read more

You can listen to the most recent 365 messages (and now also entire sermon series) from Alistair Begg on Truth For Life through Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, and Amazon Tap with Amazon Alexa, Amazon’s cloud-based voice service. Add Truth For Life To listen to the daily program or to hear one of the latest 365 archived messages: First: download the Truth For Life "skill" with the Amazon Alexa app you used to intially set up your Alexa Echo, Dot, or Tap. Next: tap the menu icon in the upper left corner within your Amazon Alexa app, then tap "Skills" in the drop-down menu. Finally: Search for "Truth ..read more

“For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.” 1 John 5:3 Click below to download your image: Apple Devices: iPads iPhones Other Devices: Android Phones Amazon Fire Microsoft Surface Social Media Facebook Banner Facebook Post Twitter Post Instagram Post Desktop Computer Large Small ..read more

Writing in Psalm 139, David asks several thought-provoking questions. Having already marveled at the fact that God knows everything (vv. 1–6), he probes further: “Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?” (v. 7). In other words, David asks whether a believer can hide from God. “Can I find an escape route,” the psalmist wonders, “from the God who searches me and knows everything about me?” It’s a question that deserves our attention. Others in biblical history certainly tried to run from God. Adam and Eve hid from Him in the garden after their first disobed ..read more

Dear Friend, I hope this letter finds you in good heart as spring arrives, bringing with it fresh evidence of God’s promise in Genesis 8:22. (Look it up.) For many of us, it is a long-anticipated day when the clocks change and we “spring forward.” We then discover that during the dark days of winter, a great deal has been happening unseen, laying the groundwork for the appearance of crocuses, green leaves, and the colors of the season.    We might similarly recognize seasons of the soul. We may have come through a period of spiritual winter, during which time we see little evidence ..read more

“Our world is broken because we're alienated from the God who made us.” —Alistair Begg Click below to download your image: Apple Devices: iPads iPhones Other Devices: Android Phones Amazon Fire Microsoft Surface Social Media Facebook Banner Facebook Post Twitter Post Instagram Post Desktop Computer Large Small ..read more

John 4 is a remarkable account. In the previous chapter, Jesus engages the religious professional Nicodemus (John 3:1–15). But in chapter 4, Jesus talks with a woman at the opposite end of that spectrum—a religious, social, and moral outsider. Strikingly, the friend of sinners crosses the established social boundaries in order to show Himself to be the Savior of the world. As the salt of the earth and light of the world (Matt. 5:13–16), Christians need desperately to learn from Jesus’ approach. Jesus came not with a ministry of admonition but with a mission. He came to save sinners. We can le ..read more