There Is No Other Stream (Part 2 of 3)

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Alistair Begg

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🗓️ 1 January 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In today’s world, Christian beliefs are often considered intolerant. Would it be kinder and more loving if we softened the Gospel message to make it more acceptable? The Bible’s answer is a resounding “No!” Find out why on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.

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0:00.0	Thank you.
0:03.0	I'm going to be.
0:04.0	I'm going to be.
0:07.0	I'm going to Happy New Year.
0:25.7	Welcome to Truth for Life.
0:27.4	We live in a world where Christian beliefs are often thought of as intolerant.
0:31.6	So the question is, should we try to soften the gospel message, see if we can make it more acceptable?
0:39.0	Would that be the kinder, more loving thing to do? Well, the Bible answers that question with a resounding no,
0:45.9	and Alistair Begg explains why. Keep a finger in Isaiah 45 today and then turn to Philippians
0:52.7	Chapter 2. Here is Alistair.
1:02.0	One way, one mediator, one name. As Christians, we affirm the fact that at Jesus' name,
1:14.1	every knee is going to bow, that all of history is moving towards that event, that every knee will bow and every tongue confess
1:19.4	that Jesus Christ is Lord.
1:22.1	That doesn't mean that everybody will bow, having embraced him as Savior and Lord, but those who have rejected him in time
1:31.2	will in eternity, to their shame and to their destruction, declare him to be the person he claims to be.
1:43.8	Now, the statements then are straightforward, aren't he?
1:49.1	Peter, in the declaration and response there in Acts Chapter 4, which you can read at your
1:53.5	ledger, is absolutely unapologetic. He's direct, he's clear. He's not offering an academic
2:00.8	treatise. He's not offering an abstract proposition.
2:05.4	He's not suggesting that what he has to say is up for debate, or that he is encouraging all kinds of
2:11.3	opinions and discussions on the subject. No. Because although his statement is, in contemporary terms, politically incorrect,
2:23.3	it is not logically incorrect. Because the statement made by Peter, the statement made by the
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