As he neared the end of his life John Perkins had a message for the people he would leave behind Perkins known for advocating racial reconciliation said ldquo Repentance is the only way back to God Unless you repent you will all perish rdquo These words mirror the language of Jesus and many Bible characters Christ said ldquo Unless you repent you too will all perish rdquo Luke The apostle Peter said ldquo Repent then and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out rdquo Acts Much earlier in Scripture we read the words of another person [... more]

ldquo They call me lsquo the ringmaster rsquo So far this year I rsquo ve found lost rings rdquo During a walk on the beach with my wife Cari we struck up a conversation with an older man who was using a metal detector to scan an area just below the surf line ldquo Sometimes rings have names on them rdquo he explained ldquo and I love seeing their owners rsquo faces when I return them I post online and check to see if anyone contacted lost and found I rsquo ve found rings missing for years rdquo When we [... more]

The Teacher in Ecclesiastes searched exhaustively for satisfaction but declared each pursuit meaningless So what does his futile exploration teach us Examine his surprising conclusion and parting words of wisdom on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg Listen [... more]

GUESTS STEPHEN LONETTI pastor Beacon of Hope Church St Paul MN and MARTIN MANTEN pastor Hope and Light Church Turbenthal Switzerland With all the transformative events taking place COVID and injection mandates government and big business authoritarianism the fall of Afghanistan to radical Islamists the death of US Marines by suicide bombers the utter ineptness and godlessness of the Biden Administration one might consider a topic on missions and church planting to be slightly irrelevant It seems clear that the world is not going to be saved in its headlong rush to the End Times but individual souls can be [... more]