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Two Book Set: Christ and His Threefold Office and Christ Humbled yet Exalted

TFL — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:00:00 GMT

From seventeenth-century Puritan minister and author John Flavel, Christ and His Threefold Office and Christ Humbled yet Exalted invite you to see Jesus more clearly and love Him more deeply through a fuller picture of who He is and what He’s done for you.

Revised for modern readers, Flavel’s insights remain true and relevant today. In Christ and His Threefold Office, Flavel explores the biblical truth that Jesus fulfills three essential roles in the life of every believer: Prophet, Priest, and King. In Christ Humbled yet Exalted, he walks readers through the humiliation and exaltation of Christ, from His humble incarnation to His reign at the right hand of the Father.

In these books, you’ll read about the completeness of Christ’s work and come to better understand your ongoing need for Him. They’re meant to be read slowly and prayerfully as you’re reminded that Christ is your fountain of joy and everything you need.

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How Backsliding Happens, According to John Bunyan

TFL — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:00:00 GMT

In Hebrews 10:26–27, the unnamed writer of the book issues a solemn warning: “If we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.” When we read these verses, we are reminded that clearly, in the writer’s context, there were those who had not simply neglected the gatherings of God’s people but also drifted from their moorings to the truth of God in Christ. They had become, in familiar church language, backsliders.

Reading such a warning, we should note that the writer is clearly not referring to genuine believers who had simply failed, stumbled, or temporarily lost interest in the things of Christ. As Calvin writes, “There is a great difference between individual lapses and a universal desertion of this kind.”¹ This is not someone who had a temporary lapse. This is someone who was a total deserter—someone who took the Christian uniform, then trashed it, burned it, and essentially said, “I have nothing to do with this anymore. I’m done.”

At one point in his allegorical masterpiece The Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan raises (through the character of Hopeful, the traveling companion of his protagonist, Christian) the question of how such backsliding occurs. After reviewing “the reason of … sudden backsliding,” Hopeful asks Christian, “Now I have shown you the reasons of their going back, do you show me the manner thereof.” For today’s believers, Christian’s explanation provides a helpful examination of the process by which the sorts of people mentioned in Hebrews come to fall away:

They draw off their thoughts, all that they may, from the remembrance of God, death, and judgment to come.
Then they cast off by degrees private duties, as closet prayer, curbing their lusts, watching sorrow for sin, and the like.
Then they shun the company of lively and warm Christians.
After that, they grow cold to public duty; as hearing, reading, godly conference, and the like.
They then begin to pick holes, as we say, in the coat of some of the godly, and that devilishly, that they may have a seeming color to throw religion (for the sake of some infirmities they have espied in them) behind their backs.
Then they begin to adhere to, and associate with themselves with carnal, loose, and wanton men.
Then they give way to carnal and wanton discourses in secret; and glad are they if they can see such things in any that are counted honest, that they may the more boldly do it through their example.
After this they begin to play with little sins openly.
And then, being hardened, they show themselves as they are. Thus being launched again into the gulf of misery, unless a miracle of grace prevent it, they everlastingly perish in their own deceivings.²

As we read through this list, we may see the fallen inclination of our sinful hearts reflected in it. To the extent that we do, we should heed the warnings of Hebrews: “Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God” (3:12), for “it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (10:31).

And yet those same hands, the writer reminds us, are also the ones that keep us so that we can say in truth, “But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls” (10:39). May we examine ourselves, then, thoroughly, and also come to rest and trust thoroughly in the keeping power of the one who has given us His grace and mercy.

This article was adapted from the sermon “Keeping Near, Keeping On” by Alistair Begg.

John Calvin, The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews and the First and Second Epistles of St. Peter, trans. William B. Johnston, ed. David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance, Calvin’s New Testament Commentaries (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1963), 146. ↩︎
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come; Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream, Moody Classics (Chicago: Moody, n.d.), 176–77. ↩︎

Wallpaper: Sanctification

TFL — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:00:00 GMT

“Our sanctification is a long and continued process.”
—C. H. Spurgeon

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Study the Bible—but Don’t Miss Christ

TFL — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:00:01 GMT

Have you ever considered that you can be pharisaical in your study of the Bible? It’s true! In John 5, for instance, Jesus acknowledged the Pharisees’ commitment to studying their Old Testaments, but with an important caveat: “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life” (John 5:39–40). The Pharisees knew their Scriptures well—but they missed Christ in them and so missed the point entirely.

Even for believers in a faithful, Bible-preaching church, it is possible to be meticulously, vociferously, painstakingly committed to the Bible and yet to be unconverted. What can we do about this problem? Unlike the Pharisees, we need to come to the Bible understanding the most important thing about it: that it is a book about Christ. And knowing it is about Christ, we can then study it with the confidence of someone who has “looked up the answer at the back of the book.” Christ is the answer! And so we ought to teach Christ in all the Scriptures so that we may come to know and love Him better.

Teaching Christ from Scripture

For those who have the privilege of preaching or teaching the Bible (whether from the pulpit, in a Sunday school class, or at a child’s bedside), the great danger is that we would do so without presenting Christ. We may pride ourselves on the systematic and consecutive nature in which we move through the Scriptures. We may spend hours and hours of our week in quiet study or opening the Bible’s pages alongside other believers. Yet we may at the same time be so close to the text that we fail to stand back from it and see the big picture of redemption through the Lord Jesus.

The apostolic pattern, right from the day of Pentecost on, is to present the Lord. In Acts 2, when Peter addressed the crowd, he began, “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth…” (v. 22). He didn’t begin with the benefits of the Gospel or appeal to their felt needs: “I know a number of you are unhappy, your marriages are falling apart, you’ve had difficulty with your finances, some of you are in deep dilemmas with your teenage children,” and so on. No, he began by confronting them with the Savior, telling them who He was and what He did (Acts 2:22–36).

It’s much easier to tackle the how-tos and present little moral messages than to present Christ. It’s similarly easy to adopt a political posture or to condemn everything and everyone. The hard thing to do is the right thing to do: to demonstrate how every iota and every dot of God’s Word (Matt. 5:18) points ultimately to God’s Savior. What a dreadful waste of creative energy it would be to provide instruction about almost everything rather than the saving story of Jesus!

Knowing Christ in Scripture

Of course, if the Bible needs to be taught properly, it also must be learned properly—and that will mean studying it with a desire to know Christ better.

In Luke 24, following Christ’s death and resurrection, two disconsolate disciples do not realize they are walking and talking with the risen Lord Jesus. They explain to this “stranger” that the salvation story has come to a grinding halt in a Palestinian tomb. But before Jesus reveals Himself, the text says, He “interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself” (v. 27). And when He finally makes Himself known, what do the two disciples latch on to? “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” (v. 32). They came to know Christ in the Bible.

R. Hudson Pope wrote a little prayer that teaches us how we ought to come to the Scriptures:

Make the Book live to me, O Lord,
Show me Thyself within Thy Word,
Show me myself, and show me my Savior,
And make the Book live to me.

In other words, when we approach the Scriptures, whether in our quiet times, at a Sunday morning service, or elsewhere, we shouldn’t treat it as simply another task on the to-do list: “Teeth brushed? Check. Hair combed? Check. Bible read? Check.” That would be to miss the glory and wonder of what Scripture really offers us: an opportunity to know the Savior of the world through His Word.

The real test of whether the Word of God is dwelling in us richly (Col. 3:16) is not going to be our ability to articulate a storyline or turn to the right reference. It is going to be that, as a result of having Christ taught to us in all the Scriptures, we come to know Christ in them.

Loving Christ Through Scripture

In 1 John 4:8 we read, “Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.” It stands to reason, then, that to know God is to love—not only to love our neighbor but also to love God Himself as revealed to us in Jesus (Matt. 22:37–39). When we come to know Christ in the Scriptures—truly know Him—then we will also love Him.

We should beware of any approach to the study of the Bible that doesn’t issue in a growing love for Jesus. And how may we know that our love is genuine? Not through a certain surge of feeling when we sing on Sunday morning! No, Jesus tells us: “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. … Whoever does not love me does not keep my words” (John 14:23–24).

Love for Christ, in other words, shows itself in our obedience to His commands. We don’t need a growing list of rules to keep; we need a love for the Savior who bought us with His own blood and a growing desire to honor Him with our thoughts, words, and deeds. As we come to love Christ in the Scriptures, we will come to see that “his commandments are not burdensome” (1 John 5:3).

As with the Pharisees (and the genuine disciples!) of Jesus’ day, God searches our hearts. He knows who we are and where we are. Some of us are very proud of our heavily annotated Bibles—so much so that we’ve come to look to them, rather than to Christ, for assurance of our faith. What a tragedy it would be if all that study filled us with information but failed to bring us to Christ! Let us rather seek to be people who teach Christ, know Him, and love Him through the Word that He has given us.

This article was adapted from the sermon “The Heart of the Matter” by Alistair Begg.

Wallpaper: The Grace of God

TFL — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 05:00:00 GMT

“The grace of God does not relieve me of my responsibility to be obedient; the grace of God makes possible my obedience.”
—Alistair Begg

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What Inspired Alistair Begg to Host Basics?

TFL — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:24:59 GMT

Dear Friend,

The Eclectic Society was founded in 1783 by several Anglican clergymen, the most famous of the early members being John Newton, hymn writer of “Amazing Grace.” The Society came together for the express purpose of deepening their fellowship in the Gospel and encouraging one another to be faithful to it. In the history of the Church, similar gatherings of Christian fellowship and unity in the Gospel have proved to be of eternal significance.

Why mention this now? After all, that took place almost as far back as the founding of our United States of America!

The answer is simple: When our Basics Conference for pastors and church leaders began in 2000, it originated with a similar purpose. I had read the book In Search of Excellence and had been intrigued by the author’s observation that the best-run American companies had at least one thing in common: They did the basics well most of the time.

That got me thinking about how this approach could be applied to things that may not be easy but that are straightforward—for example, hitting a golf ball, or even marriage. Neither is easy, but in essence, both are straightforward and call for a steady commitment adhering to the basics. In terms of marriage, no romantic trip to Hawaii will compensate for neglecting the foundations. (A friend just sent me a humorous note suggesting that three of the hardest things to say are “I am sorry,” “I forgive you,” and “Worcestershire sauce”!)

A third venture that fits this framework is surely pastoral ministry. In church leadership, there are no dull days. Some are disappointing, others may be delightful, few are dramatic, and all are humbling. C. H. Spurgeon encouraged his students along these lines:

If you seek humility, try hard work; if you would know your nothingness, attempt some great thing for Jesus. If you want to feel how utterly powerless you are apart from the living God, attempt especially the great work of proclaiming the unsearchable riches of Christ, and you will know, as you never knew before, what a weak, unworthy thing you are.

So our plan is to take Basics on the road! This year in September, we’ll be hosting Basics 2026 in Southern California. Our aim is to make Basics not only a time to encourage pastors in their ministries, but also, like the Eclectic Society, an opportunity for fellowship in the Gospel. If you’re in ministry or church leadership, let me warmly encourage you to attend. Registration is now open at basicsconference.org, and there are discounts for students if you’re in seminary or exploring a call on your life to shepherd God’s people.

Few pastors I know would complain about suffering from a surfeit of encouragement! So, let me encourage you to make it possible for your pastor to attend in September by inviting the members of your congregation to gift his registration and travel expenses as an indication of your gratitude for his faithfulness.

I remain thankful to each of you for every letter and email you send encouraging me to run the race, keep the faith, and finish the course for the sake of the Gospel.

Our book offers this month are gems! Christ Our All: Gaze at Him is a collection of fourteen brief readings that point you to rest in the love and peace of Christ. The two-book set from John Flavel, a Puritan minister, is drawn from his classic work The Fountain of Life and is a set you won’t want to miss adding to your library.

Enjoy these summer days, and come and visit us if your travels bring you to Northeast Ohio.

With my love in the Lord Jesus,

Alistair

The Christian Citizen in the Worldly Society

TFL — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:05:28 GMT

A sensible middle schooler can likely grasp the teaching, found throughout the New Testament, that although as Christians we may be disregarded as naive or bizarre, we are not to live in such a way as to be dismissed because we are bad, intolerant, rebellious, or disrespectful. Christians are to be exemplars of obedience—even in a non-Christian society!

This was the case in Crete when Titus was pastoring there. In the first century, the church found itself placed under a religiously pagan and institutionally corrupt government, not a blissful Christian state or a nation founded on Christian principles. It was a government far worse, arguably, than anything that America has ever known. Nevertheless, Paul says that in such a context, Titus was to “remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people” (Titus 3:1–2).

As we read these verses today, they represent a call to rediscover the nature of our Christian citizenship—that is, not our citizenship in heaven (though that is certainly important and worth considering) but how our Christian identity should shape our participation as citizens in our worldly societies. What should Christian citizens look like? Paul gives us six marks.

First, as citizens in the world, Christians should uphold the rule of law by being obviously subject to the authorities nd internally characterized by hearts of obedience—“submissive to rulers and authorities” and “obedient.” Christians of all people should recognize the chaos that ensues when law is disregarded. Of course, Peter and John insisted that it was more important to obey God than to obey men (Acts 5:29). That is a valid and necessary exception. But in the history of the church, there has been a proclivity to call down the exception clause to excuse all kinds of conduct and ignore the call of Scripture to live exceptionally lawful lives.

Second, Christians should be marked by an eagerness to render whatever good service they can—“ready to do whatever is good.” It is out of an awareness of this truth that some of the greatest social and educational advances have come in the history of the Western world. Believers who understood this sought the benefit of all humanity, often at great cost to themselves. As God looks upon our culture, He expects us to be salt and light in our society, shining forth His own goodness (Matt. 5:13–16).

Christians should uphold the rule of law by being obviously subject to the authorities.

Third, Christians should not take part in insulting and abusive language toward others—“to speak evil of no one.” Slander is a sin whereby we seek to exalt ourselves by defaming others and, in doing so, destroy relationships. It is not what we are called to, even—perhaps even especially—when speaking of those whom we perceive as our ideological or political opponents.

Fourth, Christians are not to be fighters; they are “to avoid quarreling.” The Greek word Paul uses here is amachos, which means “absence of fighting” or “without fighting.” Christians, in other words, are to resist the temptation to take the law into their own hands and mete out punishment.

Fifth, the Christian in society is to display consideration—“to be gentle.” Not only is belligerence to be absent, but in its stead there is to be a spirit of sweet reasonableness toward the fallen. We should be prepared to yield personal advantage in order to express help and consideration for others.

And sixth, the Christian citizen is to display a humility that is marked by meekness—“to show perfect courtesy toward all people.” The word praotēs (“meekness” in the KJV) refers to patient trust in the midst of difficult circumstances. As citizens in the world, Christians will doubtlessly be on the receiving end of wrongs—but they are to be prepared to patiently bear those wrongs while acting quickly to alleviate the wrongs done to others. They should not be immediately defensive of themselves, even as they are quick to go to the defense of others.

We should be prepared to yield personal advantage in order to express help and consideration for others.

Of course, to be such a citizen is a high calling—higher, indeed, than we can naturally achieve on our own. As Paul finally reminds Titus, “We ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another” (v. 3). It is only the grace of God that rescues us from remaining in such a sorry state.

In our relationships with our countrymen, then, we must resist the temptation to look down our theological noses to become pharisaical and condemn those who fail to meet a standard that we ourselves didn’t meet. God, we must remember, was and is gracious to us—and so we may show grace to honor the Lord, seeking to reflect His character as we embrace the joys and duties of citizenship in a lost and wandering world.

This article was adapted from the sermon “Living in Society” by Alistair Begg.

Christ Our All: Gaze at Him

TFL — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 05:00:00 GMT

In a world that constantly tells us we need more—more success, more clarity, more control—we can far too easily fall into a pattern of subtly looking beyond Jesus for satisfaction, identity, or assurance. The 14-day devotional Christ Our All gently but firmly calls us back to the simple yet life-changing truth that Christ is enough.

Over two weeks, you’ll be reminded through thoughtful meditations that everything you need is found in Christ. If you’re feeling discouraged or spiritually restless, these readings invite you to find joy, gratefulness, and rest in what Christ has already accomplished. You’ll be encouraged to lift your eyes off yourself and your circumstances and to focus them on Him.

In each of the 14 meditations, you’ll explore who Christ is and what He’s done for you, not only as your Savior but also as your Shepherd, Light, Assurance, and Friend. You’ll read about His grace, His glory, and how deeply He cares for His children.

This is a short but encouraging read you can keep coming back to or share with a friend. Request your copy of Christ Our All: Gaze at Him when you donate to Truth For Life today.

Wallpaper: Understanding the World

TFL — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:59:59 GMT

“When we read the Bible, we are reading history, and we are reading and geography. This will frame and form our understanding of the world.”
—Alistair Begg

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“Consider, Take Care, Exhort”: How to Stay Faithful in the Wilderness

TFL — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:59:59 GMT

In many ways, the journey of God’s people from Egypt to Canaan serves as a pattern and a picture of the Christian life. As Israel moved to its rest in the promised land, so the church moves toward its rest in heaven; and as they experienced temptation and declension in the wilderness, so do we.

The pressure surrounding God’s people in the wilderness was such that they were constantly looking back to Egypt—much to God’s displeasure. The writer to the Hebrews therefore warns us (borrowing the words of Psalm 95) not to do as they did: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion” (Heb. 3:7–8). We don’t want to look back, let alone go back, to Egypt; instead, we want to look forward and follow the example of those who have proceeded “firm to the end” (v. 14).

With this goal in view, Hebrews 3 offers us three directives. As we put each into practice, they will help us to keep moving toward the promised land and prevent us from turning our eyes back to Egypt.

“Consider Jesus”

First of all, Hebrews 3 directs us to “consider Jesus” (v. 1). Such consideration is more than a casual glance at Christ, an infrequent or careless hour or two a week given over to the things of God. In Puritan language, it means “centering down”—bringing all of life and thinking to bear on this one end. In the words of golf coach Harvey Penick, it is to “take dead aim.”¹

This is the same word that Jesus used when He told His disciples to “consider” the ravens and lilies (Luke 12:24, 27). He was saying to them, “I want you to look carefully, apply your mind to this, in such a way that, in understanding the significance of what is being taught, it may become a life-transforming principle for you.” In the same way, the writer to the Hebrews is urging the readers, and us, to fix our gaze on Christ, allowing the sight of Him to revolutionize everything else.

Consideration is more than a casual glance at Christ, an infrequent or careless hour or two a week given over to the things of God.

This is a practice with a number of benefits. We will gain great confidence as we remember the Lord’s faithfulness. We will remember our purpose and direction in life. We will be spared from the need to compare ourselves to others, knowing that it is before our own Lord that we stand or fall (Rom. 14:4). It will cure us of discouragement in the face of worldly disappointments as we remember the heavenly promises with joy.

To consider Jesus is to consider one who is to us an Apostle and a High Priest (Heb. 3:1). As Apostle, He represents God to us, and as High Priest, He represents us to God. He speaks from God to His people, and He represents His people to God. As the hymn writer puts it,

Before the throne of God above
I have a strong and perfect plea,
A Great High Priest whose name is Love,
Who ever lives and pleads for me.²

Take Care of Your Heart

In the wilderness, as Psalm 95 reminds us, the people hardened their hearts. In biblical language, the heart is the moral center of our being, the place where the issues of life are addressed. So the question of our heart’s orientation is essential.

It may be easy for us today to look at the wilderness wanderers and say, “My, my! Weren’t these people really dreadful?” But when we think realistically about ourselves, we have to admit that there’s a fair chance we would have been numbered among the hard-hearted rather than with the few who had faith. So Hebrews warns us, “Take care , brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God” (v. 12).

There’s a fair chance we would have been numbered among the hard-hearted rather than with the few who had faith. So Hebrews warns us, “Take care.”

A heart of unbelief is what prevented the generation in the wilderness from entering into the land of promise (v. 19). As their hearts increasingly hardened, they were increasingly unbelieving. And their unbelief was an indication of their disobedience. There are direct connections between the deaf ear, the hard heart, and the wandering life. Someone who professes faith in Jesus Christ while wandering from the track of obedience has a hard heart and a deaf ear and, without repentance, will fall away rather than staying firm to the end. Willful disobedience and Christian assurance never go hand in hand.

The great danger, then, is presumption and complacency. So the word to us is “Take care.” In other words, we’re to make sure, to pay careful attention, to jump to it—and not, through inattention, to fail to listen to God’s words—both of comfort and of warning.

Exhort One Another

Hebrews 3 finally directs us to “exhort one another every day, as long as it is called ‘today’” (v. 13). It’s sometimes said that the devil’s favorite word is tomorrow. By contrast, the Christian is called to obedience today—in this instance, in embracing the responsibility we share for one another. We are “holy brothers” and sisters, made a family together in Christ through the “heavenly calling” we share (v. 1). It is only sensible, then, that we would watch out for and encourage one another.

This kind of concern for others doesn’t mean nosiness or interference. Rather, it involves thoughtfulness, care, and the recognition that no one lives to himself or dies to himself (Rom. 14:7). Our lives, we might say, are like coals in a fireplace. If you get the tongs, take one piece of coal, and lay it on the hearth, it will quickly begin to lose its heat and fade out. But if you take a piece of coal that has been isolated from all the others, dead and dark, and put it into the midst of the heat, it will light up again and mingle with the flame.

Our relationships with each other should be marked by a care and comfort that strengthens, so that when a crisis emerges, we’re able to hold firmly to the end.

Our relationships with each other should be marked by a care and comfort that strengthens, so that when a crisis emerges, we’re able to hold firmly to the end. As sin approaches us, exaggerating its appeal, exaggerating the satisfaction that it has to offer, we need to beware lest we are blinded by its attractive glow. We need to beware lest we close our minds to the reality of God’s retribution. And we need to be thankful that God has put others around us so that we might “consider,” in relationship to each other’s lives, “how to stir up one another to love and good works” (Heb. 10:24).

These are not matters of marginal importance. When we make the effort to consider Jesus, mind our hearts, and encourage each other, our hearts will be prevented from hardening, and many will be fortified to stay firm to the end and enter into the promise. It is by these means that we will avoid the fate of the wilderness wanderers. As one commentator has written of this generation, “What a long, long line of graves—the saddest in the world! They came out of the bondage of Egypt under faithful Moses … but they fell as corpses in the wilderness!”³ If we wish to avoid their fate, we would do well to embrace the helps offered to us by God’s hand, in God’s very Word.

This article was adapted from the sermon “Holding Firmly to the End — Part One” and “Holding Firmly to the End — Part Two” by Alistair Begg.

Harvey Penick, Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book: Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime in Golf (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2012), 45–46. ↩︎
Charitie Lees Bancroft, “Before the Throne of God Above” (1863). ↩︎
R. C. H. Lenski, The Interpretation of the Epistle to the Hebrews and the Epistle of James, Commentary on the New Testament (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1961), 123. ↩︎

Wallpaper: God Reigns

TFL — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:59:59 GMT

“God reigns over the nations;
God sits on his holy throne.
The princes of the peoples gather
as the people of the God of Abraham.
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
he is highly exalted!”

Psalm 47:8–9

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4 Things Jesus Didn’t Come to Do

TFL — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:15:00 GMT

That Jesus Christ was a man who walked the earth some two thousand years ago is a well-established fact, affirmed even by secular historians. The significant question is not “Did He exist?” but “Who was He, and what did He do?”

History has produced all kinds of mistaken answers to these questions. Some are bizarre, some are blasphemous, and some continue to be a temptation as God’s people seek to understand and explain who Jesus is.

Jesus Himself told us what He came to do—and what He didn’t. Among His explanations of who He is are at least four negative statements explaining reasons He did not come. In the midst of a climate that wants to make all kinds of claims about Jesus and His mission, it’s worthwhile to know what He said His purpose wasn’t so we can rightly understand—and be transformed by—what it was.

Christ Did Not Come to Abolish the Law

We can begin by noting that according to His own words, Jesus did not come in revolt against the law of Moses. He says in Matthew 5:17, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets.”

Jesus was firm that the Old Testament Scriptures were and remained true. To be a biblical Christian is to be a whole-Bible Christian.

There can be little doubt that Jesus was revolutionary in His impact—but to try and explain His coming in terms of some revolutionary objective is to miss the point altogether. Many people, following an antiestablishment trend, want to dress Jesus up as a kind of first-century Che Guevara, overthrowing the old ways. “But,” Jesus said essentially to the Jews of His day in the Sermon on the Mount, “if you want to try and explain My life and ministry away in terms of revolution or abolition, it cannot be done.”

Jesus did confront the rigmaroles of the Pharisees, but that was with respect to their disobedience: “For the sake of your tradition you have made void the word of God” (Matt. 15:6). Yet Jesus was firm that the Old Testament Scriptures were and remained true. To be a biblical Christian is to be a whole-Bible Christian.

Christ Did Not Come for the Religious Establishment

At the same time, we can say with certainty that Jesus did not come to join or to prop up the religious establishment of His day. If there was one thing that infuriated the religious leaders about Jesus of Nazareth, it was simply this: Instead of gracing them with His presence, He seemed to go out of His way to hang with the “wrong” crowd. In response to their protests, He told them, “I came not to call the righteous, but sinners” (Matt. 9:13).

The religious establishment in our world today is still annoyed by Jesus of Nazareth, because Jesus actually believes the things He said. Therefore, He is an embarrassment in churches that do not believe the things He said. Jesus was and is an embarrassment to those who believe that the reason He came was in order to call good people, kind people, happy people, fulfilled people, religious people into His little domain so that they could all have a lovely little holy huddle together.

It’s a problem, too, for those who think they’re okay without Him. The notion has swept North America and is increasingly sweeping Western culture that it is imperative to say to everyone, “Listen: You’re okay just the way you are.” A generation of children is growing up with that as their constant refrain. But—without being cruel or dehumanizing in any way—we must affirm that Jesus did not come to call those who are “okay.” He came to call those who know they’re not alright—the strays, the beggars, the duds.

Those who believe themselves to be righteous, to be spiritually safe without Jesus Christ, have no part in Jesus Christ at all. To the individual who has it buttoned-down, and they’re all fine in every way, the message of Jesus falls on deaf ears. But those who know they’re sick may find the message of healing in Christ. Those who know they’re dead may be made alive in Christ. Those who know they’re held in the grip of some habit may be set free by Jesus Christ. The youngster who is looking out on life, and it all seems bland and pale and ineffectual, may find reality and peace and purpose in Jesus Christ.

Christ Did Not Come to Build an Empire

Next, we must acknowledge that Jesus Christ did not come to build a worldly empire. In contrast to the rulers of the gentiles, who “lord it over” others (Matt. 20:25; Mark 10:42), Jesus says, “The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Matt. 20:28; Mark 10:45).

The corridors of power today, as in Jesus’ day, are filled with people who believe that greatness is determined by how many others they control. At Melos, the besieging Athenian army told the Melians, “The strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.” That notion of power still pervades the thinking of many. But Jesus reverses the established ideas of greatness and rank by coming not to take but to give. Greatness in His kingdom is not to be discovered in reducing others to our service but in reducing ourselves to others’ service.

John the apostle had prompted this statement from Jesus when he and his brother asked for powerful positions of authority in Jesus’ kingdom (Mark 10:35–37). John had been thinking in a worldly way. But by the time he wrote his first epistle, he understood it right: “He laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers” (1 John 3:16).

Christ Did Not Come to Judge… Yet

Finally, we can find comfort in the fact that at His first coming, Jesus Christ did not come to judge. He says, “If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world” (John 12:47).

Some have decided that in the incarnation, Jesus Christ came as though on a great white horse with a double-edged sword, and He just went around smacking people into oblivion. But although Jesus possessed perfect knowledge of sin and righteousness and what is in human hearts (John 2:24–25), He clarified that His aim was not to condemn but to offer the gift of new life.

The purpose of Jesus’ coming was not to bring down a hammer of judgment on the world but to offer salvation.

There is something paradoxical in this, because by His very coming, Jesus introduces judgment to the world. When men and women reject Christ, they judge themselves. And Jesus understood that, saying, “Whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God” (John 3:18).

Judgment is thus a consequence of Jesus’ coming. And Jesus will judge the world when He comes again (Acts 10:42; 17:3). Yet the purpose of Jesus’ coming was not to bring down a hammer of judgment on the world but to offer salvation. And the tenor of God’s people ought to be consistent: “Jesus came to save. Believe in Him and be saved!”

Christ Came to Save

Why did Jesus come? In His own words He tells us, “The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost” (Luke 19:10). He didn’t come to throw out the law, nor to prop up the religious have-it-alls, nor to lord it over others, nor to judge. He came to turn people from their sin and to Himself, and so to save them.

Whatever purposes men and women want to lay on His back, we need to understand Jesus as He has revealed himself to be. He is not the Revolutionary, not the Religious Man, not the Empire Builder, and not yet the Judge. He is, as both the Samaritan converts in John 4 and the apostle John himself both came to realize, “the Savior of the world” (John 4:42; 1 John 4:14).

This article was adapted from the sermon “Why Did Christ Come? — Part One” by Alistair Begg.

Union with Christ: The Blessings of Being in Him

TFL — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Throughout the New Testament, believers are often described as being “in Christ.” In fact, the apostle Paul uses this term, or a variant of it, over eighty times throughout his letters. Yet our union with Christ is a defining reality of the Christian life that is often overlooked or misunderstood.

In the book Union with Christ: The Blessings of Being in Him, Sinclair Ferguson examines key passages in the New Testament to help us understand what it means to be in Christ and how this new identity can reshape every aspect of life for a believer. He explains, “We need to know who we are, to understand the nature of our new identity in Christ; then it will logically and necessarily follow how we should live.”

If you’re familiar with Sinclair Ferguson, you know he often writes about what it means to know and love the triune God. This book is no different. It will introduce you to the concept of a union with Christ and how understanding the truth of being “in Him” can transform the way you live with the joy, purpose, and assurance that the Gospel brings. He explains that knowing who you are in Christ is key to understanding your identity and enjoying the blessings of salvation.

This book will remind you that being a Christian is not just about following Jesus or believing His Word; it’s also about being united with Him. And this union is the source of every spiritual blessing we receive as believers. Because we are united with Christ, we are never alone, never abandoned, and never without hope.

Sinclair writes about the book, “I hope … that these pages will help build an increased sense of the privilege of belonging to Jesus Christ and being united to Him. For that can be life-transforming.”

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TFL — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:59:59 GMT

“In the experience of suffering we learn that God is prepared to go to any lengths to make us like His Son.”
—Alistair Begg

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Has the Church Forgotten How to Wait?

TFL — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:30:00 GMT

How do we explain the apparent weakness of the church in much of the Western world today? One answer is the absence of waiting.

Consider ancient Israel. In the low-down condition of the Jewish people’s exile to Babylonia, it wouldn’t have been surprising if they had said, “God has forsaken us. He will not help us here.” To such people, the reminder came from Isaiah: This is God we’re talking about!

Why do you say, O Jacob,
and speak, O Israel,
“My way is hidden from the LORD,
and my right is disregarded by my God”?
Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the faint,
and to him who has no might he increases strength.
Even youths shall faint and be weary,
and young men shall fall exhausted;
but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles.
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.

God, Isaiah tells us, doesn’t “faint or grow weary.” Of course He can’t! And when we are weary, we ought not to project that feeling onto God, because “He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.” But here’s the rub: The grace comes to those “who wait for the LORD.”

Waiting here means resting in the assurance that the promises that God has made He will fulfill. For the people in exile, it was the promises of God that would allow them to keep their chin up and their feet moving. And it’s much the same for those of us today who are “strangers and exiles on the earth” (Heb. 11:13).

When a young man writes (or, these days, more likely texts) a young woman in the hope of winning and keeping her affection, he is hoping, yes—but he is also waiting. He is waiting in the expectation that the current undesirable circumstance of separation and singleness will come to a triumphant end. In a similar way, it is often the expectation of the fulfillment of God’s promises that is meant to keep us going.

Waiting means resting in the assurance that the promises that God has made He will fulfill.

Our churches today need to understand that God is worth the wait. We can wait upon Him, trust Him, rest on Him, and say in sincerity and conviction, “You can have the totality of me. I’ll go wherever You want me to go. I’ll stay there for as long as You tell me to stay. I’ll do whatever You want me to do. And as I do so, I forsake every idol that I have raised up that stands between me and You.”

Amid troubling and trying circumstances, we ought not to assume that God has lost interest in us. The exiles in Babylon could remember the covenants God had made with Israel in years past. Today, we ought to remember that the awesome God has stepped down into time in the person of Jesus Christ and given Himself for us—so “how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?” (Rom. 8:32).

If we will wait, God will keep us all the way to the end and through the end—because He’s promised to do so. And God keeps the promises He makes. We can trust Him.

This article was adapted from the sermon “‘Behold Your God!’ — Part Two” by Alistair Begg.

Wallpaper: Establish You

TFL — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:59:59 GMT

“After you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.”
1 Peter 5:10

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Every Jot and Tittle: Christ’s View of Scripture

TFL — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 04:59:59 GMT

During the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Her Majesty received a Bible as representatives of the Church of England spoke these words:

Our gracious Queen: To keep your Majesty ever mindful of the law and the Gospel of God as the Rule for the whole life and government of Christian Princes, we present you with this Book, the most valuable thing that this world affords. Here is Wisdom; this is the royal Law; these are the lively Oracles of God.

This incredible testimony to the truth in the halls of power echoes what Jesus declared on a mountainside some two thousand years before: “Truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished” (Matt. 5:18). Jesus clearly believed not only in the importance of the Bible but also in its absolute, surpassing, and lasting truth—that it contains the “lively Oracles of God,” not to be superseded with the passage of time.

So, as followers after Jesus, what are we to do with this book that He so clearly and highly valued? In an age when people strive to make their own “truth,” it’s an important question—and we will do well to begin by considering what Jesus and His disciples did with it first.

What Did Jesus Do with the Bible?

In those words on the mountainside, Jesus provided us with a very straightforward and clear statement of His own view of Scripture: He said that the Old Testament—the Bible that He knew and taught—is absolutely trustworthy, even down to the smallest detail, the smallest stroke of the smallest letter.

Now, it is one thing for someone to make a declaration like that. It is another to bear out that conviction in everyday life. Yet that is what we see that Jesus did. In the wilderness, He answered the devil with Scripture. (See, for example, Luke 4:1–13.) At the synagogue in Nazareth, He declared His own ministry to be a fulfillment of Scripture (Luke 4:14–21). In the upper room, He saw His looming death in light of the Scriptures (Matt. 26:24; Mark 14:21). In other words, the Lord Jesus Himself used His Bible to decipher the providences of God in His own life.

Jesus said that the Old Testament is absolutely trustworthy, even down to the smallest detail, the smallest stroke of the smallest letter.

After His resurrection, too, Jesus was insistent and consistent in pointing to the Scriptures. On the road to Emmaus, speaking to the two disciples, Jesus “interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself” (Luke 24:27). Later those disciples reflected not that Jesus’ appearance or manner had encouraged them but that their hearts burned within them as He opened up the Scriptures (v. 32). Jesus soon stood among the Eleven, reminding them how He had told them, “Everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” And on that occasion, “he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures” (vv. 44–45).

The confidence of heaven, in other words, resides in the Scriptures. And surely no follower of Jesus could possibly have a lesser view of Scriptures than Jesus Himself.

What Did the Apostles Do with the Bible?

Given what Jesus had taught them, it’s no surprise to find that the apostles themselves were confident in the authority and truthfulness of the Scriptures as well. Peter wrote in his second letter that “no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit” (1:20–21). Similarly, Paul asserts that the Scriptures have their origin in God when he writes, “All Scripture is breathed out by God” (2 Tim. 3:16).

When Paul wrote that to Timothy, he wasn’t telling him something new so much as reminding him of something critical. Timothy was living in a challenging time, made all the more challenging by the anticipation that his mentor, Paul, would not be with him much longer. Yet it wasn’t Paul’s presence, love, or wisdom that Timothy’s life and ministry would stand or fall on; it was the Word of God, revealed in the Scriptures—utterly reliable, divinely inspired, and entirely sufficient for the task. If Timothy were to lose confidence in the truth, power, and relevance of Scripture, then there would be nothing for him to pass to faithful men who would then in turn be enabled to teach others also (2 Tim. 2:2). If he were to lose confidence in this, then there would be nobody who would be “complete” and “equipped” through the Scriptures (2 Tim. 3:17). The Word of God was, and is, vital!

H. G. C. Moule has written that the church, at the time of this transition from Paul’s generation to Timothy’s, “trembled, humanly speaking, on the verge of annihilation.”¹ There was no guarantee that it was going to make the jump from the apostolic to the postapostolic church. That’s why it was so important that the ministry of the Gospel be founded not on the personalities of the apostles but on the unchanging trustworthiness of the Word of God.

What Should We Do with the Bible?

The question for us today is not only “What did Jesus do with the Bible?” and “What did the apostles do with the Bible?” but “What will we do?”

As Timothy carried on the work, so must we. We no longer have prophets. We don’t have the Lord Jesus physically present with us as He was with His disciples. As John Murray puts it, “Scripture in its total extent, according to the conception entertained by our Lord and his apostles, is the only revelation of the mind and will of God available to us. … It is the only extant revelatory Word of God.”²

The Bible is not like any other book.

Of course, its po wer lies not only in conveyin g information but also in its spiritual effectiveness: It is “profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and fo r training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work” ( 2 Tim. 3:16–17). It is possible to be formally committed to the fact that the Word of God is living and authoritative without being ourselves arrested by it, summoned into its presence, and bowing in reverence before the one to whom it points.

The Bible is not like any other book. We don’t merely sit down with it, get a cup of tea, and say, “Now, I’m going to see if I can understand this book.” No, we address ourselves to it, and somewhere along the line, it suddenly becomes apparent to us: “This book understands me!” We realize that its words make demands on us and call us to a life in Christ that we cannot manufacture for ourselves.

In the 1950s, James S. Stewart, addressing students and faculty at Yale Divinity School, warned them about embracing a view of Scripture that was “theologically vague and harmlessly accommodating.”³ That warning has gone unheeded in many quarters of the church today. Christians are prepared to revise the Scriptures when it comes to marriage, worship, and all sorts of other matters, because to bend to the culture is easier in the moment than to bow the knee to God revealed in His Word.

The pulpits of our nations require men convinced that the Word of God does the work of God by the Spirit of God and who will serve the next generation by expounding, proclaiming, applying, living, and loving the Bible that Jesus loved, that spoke of Him. The Bible that was so important to Jesus and His apostles can be no less important to His people today.

This article was adapted from the sermon “Not One Jot or Tittle” by Alistair Begg.

H. C. G. Moule, The Second Epistle to Timothy (London: Religious Tract Society, 1906), 18. ↩︎
“The Finality and Sufficiency of Scripture,” in Collected Writings of John Murray, vol. 1, The Claims of Truth (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1976), 19. ↩︎
James S. Stewart, A Faith to Proclaim (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1953), 16. ↩︎

Wallpaper: State of the Believer

TFL — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMT

“How different will be the state of the believer in heaven from what it is here! Here he is born to toil and suffer weariness, but in the land of the immortal, fatigue is never known.”
—C. H. Spurgeon

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Something Is Happening Among Young People!

TFL — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:00:01 GMT

Young people are turning to Jesus! Gen Z, those ages 14–29, are becoming followers of Jesus in large numbers across the US. We see exciting growth, particularly among young men. The same trend is playing out for millennials.

Barna, State of the Church 2025

Gen Z and Millennials Fuel the Turn to Jesus

According to Barna, a research group that conducts studies about culture and faith, their State of the Church 2025 initiative shows a groundswell of commitment to Jesus over the last four years. Among the biggest drivers of the Jesus resurgence are younger generations—particularly Gen Z and millennials. Since the pandemic, millennials and Gen Z have shown significant increases in commitment to following Christ.

At Truth For Life, we’re excited to pursue opportunities to bring our teaching to young people hungry for truth they can trust!

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One-time gifts make an important impact in the moment; however, your monthly partnership will provide the sustaining income to support Truth For Life’s ongoing Gospel outreach along with new teaching formats that reach young audiences.

Most recently, we’ve introduced short-feature teaching clips from Alistair that young people can easily access on their phones while scrolling on Instagram or YouTube. Check them out.

If you share our passion to nurture faith in Jesus in the next generation, will you come alongside us as a Truthpartner?

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Alistair Begg on God's Spirit Moving in Our World

TFL — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:00:01 GMT

Dear Friend,

Who would have thought about reaching the world through Cleveland, Ohio! Honestly, when the church approached me about coming to Cleveland, I needed an atlas to discover its location. In the early days, it was not uncommon for people to suggest that if we were to move to a “media centre” like New York, Los Angeles, or Atlanta, our impact for the Gospel would be exponentially greater. Resisting such temptations, we stayed put, believing that there is no ideal place to serve God except the place where He sets you down.

Now, more than three decades on, we are amazed and humbled to discover the international reach that God has entrusted to us at Truth For Life. Two days ago, while speaking at a church in Dallas, I met a Korean family, and the husband has been translating our sermons into Korean and sending them to people there via social media.

In the last month, I have been corresponding with a pastor in New Zealand who emailed me to let me know that he’s been listening to the program for some time—and often while cutting his grass! When he invited me to visit and preach at his church, I replied that I thought he was inviting me to cut his grass. Subsequently, he acknowledged that the thought had crossed his mind!

From Australia, the Philippines, India, and the UK, the shared notion is of “something stirring” in our world. I remember in the ’60s we would sing,

All over the world the Spirit is moving,
All over the world, as the prophets said it would be;
All over the world there’s a mighty revelation
Of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

Jesus told us that the fields are white for harvest and that we should pray that the Lord of the harvest would send out more laborers. Just this week I was reacquainted with a young man who had spent a year with us at Parkside. He, along with his wife and children, are heading to Cambodia in a few weeks to proclaim Jesus as resurrected Lord and Savior.

Zelda, a listener in South Africa, wrote to let us know that “many of us here are fed by the teaching daily.” She explained that she passes the messages on to a friend in Beirut, who is strengthened by them.

Isn’t it wonderful to see how the Word of God crosses all kinds of boundaries and barriers and accomplishes the purpose He intends? He is able to do far more abundantly than all we can ask or even imagine.

Last Sunday, a young man preparing for pastoral ministry asked me for my advice. I reminded him of 2 Timothy 2:15, which was a key verse in the life of Jim Elliot, who was martyred. The hymn that he and his friends sang before engaging with the native population of Ecuador contained the lines “Strong in Thy strength, safe in Thy keeping tender, we rest on Thee, and in Thy name we go.” As we play the part God has given each of us, it is vital that we understand the blessings that are ours on account of our union with Christ. And when we are weary and downcast, we are assured of Christ’s comfort. Our book offers this month underscore these thoughts.

As we press on in this remarkable adventure, the consistent monthly giving from Truthpartners makes the reach of our teaching described in this letter possible. May I warmly ask you to join us as a fellow laborer in the Lord’s harvest by coming alongside us in this upholding way? We will never know this side of eternity the lives that will be reached and changed by the power of the Gospel.

I continue to be humbled and blessed by meeting many of you as I travel. Let us venture on to know the Lord!

With my love in the Lord Jesus,

Alistair

Truth For Life Blog

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Christ Did Not Come to Abolish the Law

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Christ Did Not Come for the Religious Establishment

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What Did Jesus Do with the Bible?

Jesus said that the Old Testament is absolutely trustworthy, even down to the smallest detail, the smallest stroke of the smallest letter.

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What Should We Do with the Bible?

The Bible is not like any other book.

H. C. G. Moule, The Second Epistle to Timothy (London: Religious Tract Society, 1906), 18. ↩︎

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