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What shall we do with Jesus? Even today, we still wrestle with the question that plagued Pilate when Christ was delivered to him for judgment. In this Good Friday meditation, Alistair Begg traces a line from Isaiah’s prophecy to the crucifixion at Calvary. At the cross, Jesus satisfied God’s justice and gave His life for ... Continue Reading 

What shall we do with Jesus? Even today, we still wrestle with the question that plagued Pilate when Christ was delivered to him for judgment. In this Good Friday meditation, Alistair Begg traces a line from Isaiah’s prophecy to the crucifixion at Calvary. At the cross, Jesus satisfied God’s justice and gave His life for ... Continue Reading 

In the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus faced a crisis. Anguished and overwhelmed, His humanity was on full display. Alistair Begg walks us through the agonizing moment in Mark 14 when Jesus stood face to face with the death and judgment that lay before Him. Christ took the cup of God’s judgment so that our sins might ... Continue Reading 

The world often dismisses the cross of Christ as foolish and offensive. The Bible, however, teaches that Calvary is the wisdom and power of God to save sinners. In this message, Alistair Begg reminds us that in the cross we find the answers to who Christ is and what He accomplished. Jesus endured the cross and bore ... Continue Reading 

What did it mean when Jesus refused the gall He was offered on the cross? Based on the biblical context, Alistair Begg reasons that Jesus’ rejection of this narcotic drink is significant: when He turned it down, He ensured that He could hear the scorn aimed at Him, pray for His offenders, care for His mother, and ... Continue Reading 

Before His death, Christ foretold His resurrection, but the Pharisees and Sadducees thought that they could thwart God’s plan with human intervention. Alistair Begg walks us through several scenes surrounding the tomb in which Christ was buried—and from which He arose—and encourages us to weigh the evidence of a risen King for ourselves. True ... Continue Reading 

Some contemporary versions of Christian faith reduce the Gospel to the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. But is that all there is to Christianity? How central in our thinking is the cross of Christ? Exploring the apostle Paul’s words to the Corinthian church, Alistair Begg reminds us that we will never understand the ... Continue Reading 

Augustine described the sacraments as “the visible words of God,” since only in the light of Scripture can we see how they point to Christ’s work. Alistair Begg reminds us that Jesus’ baptism, in particular, foreshadowed His death and resurrection. He later instructed His disciples to be baptized and to baptize other believers. Today, we continue ... Continue Reading 

Throughout his writings, Luke focused on the theme of forgiveness—a theme that culminates when Jesus, suffering on the cross, asks the Father to forgive those who placed Him there. Jesus’ prayer was not a plea for God to ignore sin, Alistair Begg points out; rather, it reflected Christ’s desire for sinners to repent and receive ... Continue Reading