Acts 2:41 “So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.”

February 28, 2022

“If we would ripen in grace, we must live near to Jesus—in His presence—ripened by the sunshine of His smiles.” — C.H. Spurgeon

Along life’s journey, it’s not uncommon to experience seasons during which everything seems to be winter in one’s soul—seasons defined by feelings of loneliness and desperation. Although life goes on, a deadening sense grips us. We often can’t explain it. The sun may be shining, the sky blue, and there may be nothing to worry us—but nonetheless, all seems bleak, and we are deeply unsettled and spiritually weighed down.

I need Thee every hour,Most gracious Lord;No tender voice like ThineCan peace afford.

In the book of Revelation, we find John, its author, banished to the small island of Patmos because of his faithfulness to the Gospel. As he addresses his readers in the book’s opening verses, he refers to himself as “your brother and partner in the tribulation” (1:9)—an acknowledgment that the people he was writing to were believers who, much like him, were trying to make sense of their troubled lives.

February 21, 2022

“Get nearer to Jesus, and you will find yourself linked more and more in spirit to all who like yourself are supported by the same heavenly manna.” — C.H. Spurgeon

“Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name.” (Philippians 2:9)
There are more than 150 titles for Jesus throughout the Bible. In Name above All Names, authors Alistair Begg and Sinclair Ferguson focus on seven key names assigned to Christ. Their study begins in Genesis, with the earliest promise of His coming as the seed of the woman who will defeat the seed of the serpent, and wraps up in Revelation, with the promise of Christ’s return as the Lamb on the throne who takes away the sin of the world.

Matthew 6:34“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”

Jesus often spoke about the kingdom of God, preaching and demonstrating that it had broken into the world in His coming. In His preaching He taught His disciples how to enter the kingdom and the kind of lifestyle to which this would lead, and through His miracles He gave visual, physical demonstrations of the kingdom’s restoring and transforming power.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16 (ESV)God’s love for us—for each one of us—is expressed in the great cost He paid at Calvary, bearing the wrath that our sins deserve. In this selection of sermons, Alistair Begg explains the depth of God’s love and how He demonstrated that love for us through the cross.