Truth For Life Blog

I stand amazed in the presence
Of Jesus the Nazarene
And wonder how He could love me, 
A sinner, condemned, unclean.

Topics: Hymns and Worship

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.

Topics: Letters From Alistair Begg

Prayer is essential to the Christian life. Some of us take a more systematic approach, writing down requests and scheduling time for focused communion with the Lord. Others of us are more spontaneous, bringing our requests to God as they come to mind and throughout the day.

Topics: Articles

For Christians, the resurrection of Jesus is the foundation of our faith. But for many who have never explored the story of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection, the details may be largely unknown, and the story on the surface may appear to be more myth than fact.

Topics: Monthly Resources

Give me a sight, O Savior,
Of Thy wondrous love to me,
Of the love that brought Thee down to earth
To die on Calvary.

Topics: Hymns and Worship

“He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. … And of his kingdom there will be no end.”
Luke 1:32–33

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

In Mark 4, Jesus tells a parable in which a farmer sows seed in his field. As he scatters, the seed falls on four kinds of soils: on the path, on rocky ground, among thorns, and then on good soil (vv. 3–8). The sower in the story, as verse 14 makes clear, is the one who declares God’s Word, beginning with Jesus and extending to faithful Bible teachers in every age. Jesus’ parable teaches that whenever God’s Word is faithfully proclaimed, it is met with different kinds of responses.

Topics: Articles

Come, let us join our cheerful songs
With angels round the throne.
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.

Topics: Hymns and Worship

“The Christian is made strong and firmly rooted by all the trials and storms of life.”
—C.H. Spurgeon

Topics: Weekly Wallpaper

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?,” He probably had something even more momentous in mind:

Topics: From the Archives