Testimony of a Preacher (Part 1 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 13 September 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Much has changed in the world since the apostle Paul preached, and many churches are tempted to adapt their teaching to accommodate these changes. On Truth For Life, Alistair Begg explains why we still need to hear the ancient message Paul proclaimed.
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| 0:00.0 | My |
| 0:07.0 | My |
| 0:08.0 | My Much has changed in the world since the days of the Apostle Paul. |
| 0:28.7 | Many churches today are tempted to adapt their teaching to accommodate the changes in culture in hopes of attracting more people. |
| 0:36.8 | On Trick for Life weekend, Alastur Begg |
| 0:38.7 | explains why the ancient message Paul proclaimed is the same message that needs to be heard today. |
| 0:49.6 | Please turn with me to 1st Corinthians chapter 2 and as you turn there, let's just ask God to help us as we seek to study these verses together. |
| 1:01.0 | Heavenly Father, we are about to discover in these verses truth that we want to be applied in our very discovery. |
| 1:09.1 | We want to find that the spirit of God works in our hearts beyond |
| 1:13.3 | the power or influence of mere human words. |
| 1:19.3 | Give us attentive hearts, we pray. May we listen with years that are attuned to your voice, |
| 1:24.9 | and may we be different as a result of what we discover, for we pray in Christ's |
| 1:29.4 | name, amen. |
| 1:34.1 | Consider how much has changed since Paul wrote these words to the Corinthian Church. |
| 1:39.3 | 2,000 years of history and all the developments of science and modern technology mean that we're not only |
| 1:45.6 | thousands of miles from Corinth, but we're also thousands of years from Corinth. |
| 1:51.7 | And while everything has been changing, in the minds of men, there has gone along the simultaneous |
| 1:57.1 | thought that new is largely supplanting the old, and much of what is old is not |
| 2:03.7 | only old, but it is obsolete. It is no longer valid. It certainly would no longer be useful to us |
| 2:10.0 | today. That is true when we think of modes of communication, when we think of means of transportation, |
| 2:16.7 | when we think of the benefits and blessings |
| 2:19.6 | of medical, scientific discovery. And because that is so much a part of our thinking in a vastly |
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