As he recounts the birth of Jesus in his Gospel, Luke records four songs sung in response to the good news. Mary sings, “My spirit rejoices in God my Savior”…
Category: Truth for Life
Wallpaper: O Holy Night
“Truly He taught us to love one another;His law is love and His gospel is peaceChains shall He break for the slave is our brother;And in His name all oppression…
Download (Free) – “Songs for a Savior”
Many of our favorite Christmas carols center on angels singing songs, shepherds watching flocks, and wise men giving gifts. These songs, however, are meaningless apart from their context within redemptive…
Pray with the Passion of the Puritans in the New Year
As one of our primary means of communicating with God, prayer is fundamental to Christian life. So why would we settle for dull, lifeless prayers—or worse, no prayer at all?…
The Fruit of the Spirit: Self-Control (Part 9 of 9)
“Get a grip of yourself.” “Get ahold of yourself.” “Get yourself under control.” These are familiar words for many of us. We all know the experience of our passions running…
Wallpaper: A Son is Given
“For to us a child is born,to us a son is given,and the government will be on his shoulders.And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,Everlasting Father, Prince of…
The Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness Isn’t a Weakness (Part 8 of 9)
In 1839, George Washington Bethune, a Dutch Reformed pastor in the United States, observed, “Perhaps no grace is less prayed for, or less cultivated, than gentleness.”1 His words still ring…
Watch “A Parkside Christmas”
Enjoy watching this post-produced version of the 2020 musical event “A Parkside Christmas” with Alistair Begg. Christian recording artists Fernando Ortega, Michael O’Brien, Laura Story, and Brenton Brown perform songs…
The Fruit of the Spirit: God’s Faithfulness and Ours (Part 7 of 9)
The whole cosmos, from the largest and farthest galaxies down to the most microscopic organisms and beyond, depends on the faithfulness of God in Christ, who “upholds the universe by…
Three Questions about the Bible: What Is It? Who Wrote It? How Can We Understand It?
It would be quite odd if you showed up to a football game and heard a ref or a player ask, “Has anyone seen the ball?” But it would be…