So, today I am starting what I hope will become a "series," but this time will not be silly enough to number the posts "Favourite [Something] Talk (1)" etc.
Some years ago, I posted a link here to Alistair Begg's website, which I had just discovered. I was impressed by a ministry that would preserve and make public, free of charge, sermons and related materials going back literally decades. Alistair has a very orderly, disciplined mind, I believe. He also has a gift of tackling complex spiritual issues while keeping his feet firmly planted on the ground; he has a keen cultural eye and poetic ear, not to mention a dry wit.
Anyway, not long after I posted that link, I was listening one day to a sermon in which he made a very pat remark about something someone had done. I took offence. Rightly so, I still think, and yet my response was extreme. I removed the link.
In the meantime, the Lord has by various means reminded me how rare and precious are the voices who proclaim Christ without compromise. Alistair Begg is one of those voices. The sermon posted below is an example of this.
To the great glory of my King, the one King, the Lord.