Alistair Begg is the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, a daily and weekend program that brings the exposition of Scripture to a global audience through radio, podcast, and a wide range of digital and streaming platforms. Since its launch in 1995, Truth For Life has featured teaching drawn from Alistair’s decades of faithful preaching at Parkside Church, where he served as senior pastor from 1983 until 2025.

He joins Scott and Chris on Thinking With Your Bible for a conversation about his background, Truth for Life, having healthy relationships as a pastor, and more.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Alistair’ background and call to ministry
• The history of Truth for Life
• The importance of friendships in ministry
• His encouragement for young men in ministry

Alistair’s Book Recommendations:

• Collected Shorter Writings of J.I. Packer
• Bruce Milne Books
• Life of Lloyd-Jones
• Collected Writings of John Murray
• David Wells Books

We pray this episode is a blessing to you!

Ever find it a struggle to obey God’s Word, and actually enjoy it? 

Listen in on this week’s episode of Thinking With Your Bible as Scott and Chris discuss how a healthy fear of the Lord leads to a willing obedience to His Word.

Key Points:

• The believer’s fear of the Lord is no longer slavish, but filial. 
• The OT links the fear of the Lord to keeping His commandments. 
• Jesus’s teaching in the NT confirms the OT connection between fearing God and obeying Him.
• Loving God is obeying him – you will not truly love God if you aren’t obeying Him.
• Love for, fear of, and obedience to God are inseparably connected.
• Our delight in obeying the Lord is made possible only through taking on Jesus who perfectly loved, feared, and obeyed His Father.

“Obedience is the fruit of the tree of which the fear of God is the root.  We cannot rightly obey God if we do not fear Him -- if we do not honor, reverence, and love Him.” – Jerry Bridges, The Joy of Fearing God

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“What you fear, you worship.”

Join Scott and Chris on this episode of Thinking With Your Bible as they draw on the connection between having a proper fear of God to having a proper worship of Him. Learn how you can identify misdirected fear in your worship and redirect back towards the One who is worthy of it.

Key Points:

• A reserved fear of the Lord is tied to a reserved worship for Him.
• Giving fear to things other than the Lord is sin.
• A heart that fears the Lord leads to a heart that adores Him.
• Fear gives gravity to the character of God and the Gospel in our corporate and personal worship. 

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 “What is gossip? … What isn't gossip? … What is gossip’s impact? … How can we guard our hearts against gossiping?” 

Join Scott and Chris as they answer these questions on this Mailbag episode of Thinking With Your Bible! Learn how to identify your motives behind gossiping and love others well with your words. 

Key Points:

• Gossip isn’t relaying factual information about someone else when it’s non-harmful or for their benefit.
• There are various ways the Bible identifies gossip and warns us against it.
• Gossiping and partaking in gossip reaps damaging effects in our relationship and for peoples’’ character.
• We can practically guard against gossip for ourselves and with others by checking our heart motives and holding one another accountable.

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Will God judge a murderer more severely than a liar? Do certain sins separate us more greatly from God? 

Join Scott and Chris in this Mailbag episode of Thinking With Your Bible as they address the condition of sin in the human heart and discern the various consequences of sins according to Scripture. 

Key Points:

• All sin separates us from God.
• We aren’t sinners because we sin; we sin because we’re sinners.
• The OT Law defined various consequences for breaking certain laws.
• Outward actions of sin are rooted in the heart. (Matt. 5)
• All our sin can be forgiven through Christ.

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Bumper stickers say, “Jesus loves you”, but is that true? Does the Bible truly say God loves everyone? Scott and Chris dive into this listener question in this episode of Thinking With Your Bible.

You’ll hear:

• The definitions of the types of love
• The difference between his love for his people & all mankind

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How do you help your kids set their minds on Christ as they end their day?

In this episode of Thinking With Your Bible, Jeremiah Canfield, Pastor of Reclamation Church in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, unpacks end of day gospel rhythms with your kids with Scott and Chris. This is the last episode in a 4-part series on parenting!

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How do you do devotions with your family? How do you create family culture? How do you discipline your children in a godly way?

In this episode of Thinking With Your Bible, Jeremiah Canfield, Pastor of Reclamation Church in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, answers these questions with Scott and Chris. This is episode 3 in a 4-part series on parenting!

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How do you set aside daily, intentional gospel development with your kids? Well, it depends on how old they are.

In this episode of Thinking With Your Bible, Jeremiah Canfield, Pastor of Reclamation Church in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, unpacks the discipleship goals of different ages with your kids with Scott and Chris. This is episode 2 in a 4-part series on parenting!

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Our foundation of parenting must come from the Word of God. So what rhythms do we see in Scripture that can help us as we guide our kids?

In this episode of Thinking With Your Bible, Jeremiah Canfield, Pastor of Reclamation Church in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, unpacks these rhythms with Scott and Chris. This is episode 1 in a 4-part series on parenting!

Parenting Rhythms Chart

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