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August 2022

August 01, 2022

Satan Has Vested Interests in Making Unbelievers Think They Are Going to Heaven

I’ve read many accounts of experiences in which people who do not know Christ claim...

July 2022

July 28, 2022

An Introvert Can Have Great Impact in God’s Kingdom: Thoughts from Nanci’s Friends at Her Memorial

In early 2020, right at the beginning of COVID and the stay-at-home orders, Nanci wrote...

July 25, 2022

Letter to a Young Man Desiring to Follow Jesus

I received this letter from a reader: Dear Mr. Randy Alcorn, My name is Aidan....

July 23, 2022

She Was Like a Tree Planted by Water

Thanks to everyone for your kind words and for your prayers over the last few...

July 21, 2022

Josef Tson: What His Suffering for Christ in Communist Romania Taught Him, and Can Teach Us

Richard Wurmbrand’s Tortured for Christ influenced me profoundly as a young Christian. In Romania, guards tied prisoners...

July 18, 2022

Her Children Rise Up and Call Her Blessed: Thoughts from Nanci’s Family at Her Memorial

One of the more unique things at Nanci’s service was that she had requested her...

July 14, 2022

Care for the Lambs: Reaching Children with the Love of Jesus

Jesus said in Matthew 19:14, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder...

July 11, 2022

Ordinary Faithfulness Has Great Eternal Impact: My Message at Nanci’s Memorial Service

I had the honor of speaking at Nanci’s memorial service last month and sharing my...

July 07, 2022

Our Mission: Make More Disciples and Fewer Performers

The one indispensable requirement for producing godly, mature Christians is godly, mature Christians.” —Kevin DeYoung...

July 04, 2022

Albert Wolters’s Creation Regained, and the Vast Redemptive Scope of the Gospel

While researching online about the New Earth for my book Heaven, I stumbled upon Creation Regained. I ordered...

June 2022

June 30, 2022

Expect Great Things of God, and Leave the Results to Him

In his article “Beware the Scarcity Gospel,” Andy Jones writes, Is it possible that some of...

June 27, 2022

A Good Marriage Requires Work

I keep thanking God for Nanci’s partnership and companionship in the gospel. I first heard...

June 25, 2022

We Would Do Well to Dig Deep into God

Note from Randy: Here’s another precious insight from Nanci’s journal. One of the verses she shares,...

June 23, 2022

Bert and Colleen Elliot: Two “Average” Followers of Jesus Who Left an Example of Faithfulness

At my home church in January 2006—the fiftieth anniversary of the death of five missionaries...

June 20, 2022

He Will Turn Our Grief into Joy

God doesn’t only promise to replace our grief with joy, but to turn it into joy. Jesus said, “I...

June 16, 2022

Nanci’s Death Isn’t the End of Our Relationship, Only a Temporary Interruption

I’ve been reflecting on the changes in our home with Nanci gone. The house is...

June 13, 2022

We Are Certain in Our Uncertainty

The following paragraphs from Oswald Chamber’s classic, My Utmost for His Highest, really connect with Nanci’s four...

June 09, 2022

We May Not Long for Death, But We Long for Heaven

Isaiah 25:8 says, “He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign LORD will wipe away...

June 06, 2022

What Faith Is, and Is Not

On November 14, 2019, Nanci wrote the following in her journal: Today I am thinking...

June 02, 2022

Contentment Turns All It Touches to Gold

I’ve been finding treasures in emails that Nanci sent. For years she was part of...

May 2022

May 30, 2022

Sorrow’s End

Contemplating the final end of sorrow has brought me great comfort in these first months...

May 28, 2022

Nanci’s Memorial Service and Life Story

Nanci’s memorial service was two weeks ago. Thank you so much to everyone who has...

May 26, 2022

Honest Faith Can Cry out to God

As I shared recently with a friend, it’s a new world I’m living in without...

May 23, 2022

Freedom and Comfort in Truth

As Nanci dealt with suffering and faced her death, I saw greater joy and more...

May 19, 2022

A Happy Ending without an End

In light of Nanci’s departure to be with Jesus seveb weeks ago, a kind sister...

May 16, 2022

Conflict with a Purpose

It may seem strange to say this—I usually don’t look for comfort from my own...

May 12, 2022

Yes, Memorizing Scripture Is Possible, No Matter Your Age

Not long ago I shared this thought on Facebook: When we copy Scripture and carry...

May 09, 2022

Suffering Is No Accident

I write this on the one-month anniversary of Nanci’s homegoing. Strange to think that our...

May 05, 2022

Grasping the Truth of Romans 8:28 Will Change Our Perspective on Suffering

One of the most arresting statements in Scripture is this one: “And we know that...

May 02, 2022

Heaven for Kids: Reaching Kids, Parents, and Even Grandparents with a Biblical Theology of Heaven

Though it’s been several years, I still think about what a blast I had writing...

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