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In Joseph Stalin rsquo s doctor advised him to reduce his workload in order to preserve his health The ruler of the Soviet Union accused the physician of spying and had him arrested The tyrant who had oppressed so many with lies could not abide the truth and mdash as he had done so many times mdash Stalin removed the one who told him the facts Truth won anyway Stalin died in The prophet Jeremiah arrested for his dire prophecies Jeremiah ndash told the king of Judah exactly what would happen to Jerusalem ldquo Obey the Lord by doing what [... more]

Reading about the world's atrocities may tempt you to wonder where God is and why He doesn't seem to care Listen to Truth For Life as Alistair Begg teaches you what to do when God's timing and tolerance for wickedness don't appear to match your own ----------------------------------------- Click here and look for FROM THE SERMON to stream or read the full message This program is part of the series 'A Study in Habakkuk' Learn more about our current resource request your copy with a donation of any amount Helpful Resources - Learn about God's salvation plan - Read our most [... more]

Before baseball rsquo s World Series sportswriter Hugh Fullerton made an astute prediction He said the Chicago Cubs who were expected to win would lose the first and third games and win the second Oh and it would rain on the fourth He was right on each point Then in his analytical skills told him certain players were losing World Series games intentionally Fullerton suspected they rsquo d been bribed by gamblers Popular opinion ridiculed him Again he was right Fullerton was no prophet mdash just a wise man who studied the evidence Jeremiah was a real prophet whose prophecies [... more]

The letter from ldquo Jason rdquo an inmate surprised my wife and me We ldquo foster rdquo puppies to become service dogs assisting people with disabilities One such puppy had graduated to the next training phase which was run by prisoners who have been taught how to train the dogs Jason rsquo s letter to us said ldquo Snickers is the seventeenth dog I rsquo ve trained and she is the best one When I see her looking up at me I feel like I rsquo m finally doing something right rdquo Jason isn rsquo t the only one with [... more]

Angela rsquo s family reeled with sorrow as they experienced three bereavements in just four weeks In one after the sudden death of her nephew Angela and her two sisters gathered around the kitchen table for three days only leaving to buy an urn get takeout and attend the funeral As they wept over the death of Mason they also rejoiced over the ultrasound photos of the new life growing within their youngest sister In time Angela found comfort and hope from the Old Testament book of Ezra It describes God rsquo s people returning to Jerusalem after the Babylonians [... more]

On November a disastrous flood swept through Florence Italy submerging Giorgio Vasari rsquo s renowned work of art The Last Supper under a pool of mud water and heating oil for over twelve hours With its paint softened and its wooden frame significantly damaged many believed that the piece was beyond repair However after a tedious fifty-year conservation effort experts and volunteers were able to overcome monumental obstacles and restore the valuable painting When the Babylonians conquered Israel the people felt hopeless mdash surrounded by death and destruction and in need of restoration Lamentations During this period of turmoil God [... more]

Sara lost her mother when she was just fourteen years old She and her siblings lost their house soon after and became homeless Years later Sara wanted to provide her future children with an inheritance that could be passed down from generation to generation She worked extremely hard to purchase a house giving her family the stable home she never had Investing in a home for future generations is an act of faith mdash taking steps toward a future you don rsquo t yet see God told the prophet Jeremiah to purchase land just before the violent siege of Jerusalem [... more]

The prophet Jeremiah bemoaned the sorry state of God's people defeated and enslaved by Babylonians Then he recalled something that gave him hope and still gives us hope today Find out what that is when you listen to Truth For Life with Alistair Begg Listen [... more]

Picture a mighty oak tree that rsquo s small enough to fit on a kitchen table That rsquo s what a bonsai looks like mdash a beautiful ornamental tree that rsquo s a miniature version of what you find wild in nature There rsquo s no genetic difference between a bonsai and its full-size counterpart It rsquo s simply that a shallow pot pruning and root trimming restrict growth so the plant remains small While bonsai trees make for wonderful decorative plants they also illustrate the power of control It rsquo s true that we can manipulate their growth as [... more]

I dropped to my knees and let my tears fall to the floor ldquo God why aren rsquo t you taking care of me rdquo I cried It was during the COVID- pandemic in I rsquo d been laid-off for almost a month and something had gone wrong with my unemployment application I hadn rsquo t received any money yet and on top of that the stimulus check the US government had promised hadn rsquo t arrived Deep down I trusted that God would work out everything I believed He truly loved me and would take care of me but [... more]

My brother grew up battling severe epilepsy and when he entered his teenage years it became even worse Nighttime became excruciating for him and my parents as he rsquo d experience continuous seizures for often more than six hours at a time Doctors couldn rsquo t find a treatment that would alleviate the symptoms while also keeping him conscious for at least part of the day My parents cried out in prayer ldquo God oh God help us rdquo Although their emotions were battered and their bodies exhausted Paul and my parents received enough strength from God for each new [... more]

The ball drops in New York rsquo s Times Square The crowd counts down to Big Ben chiming Sydney Harbor erupts in fireworks However your city marks it there rsquo s something exciting about welcoming in a new year and the fresh start it brings On New Year rsquo s Day we push out into new waters What friendships and opportunities might we find For all its excitement though a new year can be unsettling None of us knows the future or what storms it may hold Many New Year rsquo s traditions reflect this Fireworks were invented in China [... more]