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December 2024

December 30, 2024

For Richer, for Poorer: How to Steward Money in Marriage

Were you to survey married couples about their money-management goals, most answers would focus on...

December 26, 2024

When I Write About Abortion or Sexual Purity, What About…?

I shared this on my Facebook page: The Bible clearly teaches that God’s very best for...

December 23, 2024

Dallas Holm, How Studying Heaven Provides Comfort in Grief

I mentioned in a past blog about my long-time appreciation for Dallas Holm’s praise song “I Will...

December 19, 2024

Our Sovereign King Reigns

I first shared this on my blog after the 2020 election. It’s as true now...

December 16, 2024

Men, Abortion, and Being Pro-Woman

Pro-choice advocates often say that pro-life men are anti-woman, and the pro-life movement is a...

December 12, 2024

Walking with Jesus in Grief: My Interview with Sean McDowell

When God created humankind, death didn’t exist. Death is the result of our broken connection...

December 09, 2024

The Twentieth Anniversary of the Heaven Book

After her four-year battle with cancer, I said goodbye—for now—to my wife and soulmate Nanci....

December 05, 2024

Some Biblically-Based Resources for News and Current Events

These days, we’re continually bombarded by “news” (which is sometimes more sensational than informative) that...

December 02, 2024

Why Does How We View Money Matter?

If the Bible were written today and judged by what it says about money and...

November 2024

November 28, 2024

Happy Are the Pure in Heart, for They Shall See God

A reader sent me this message related to my book The Purity Principle: Dearest Randy, I...

November 25, 2024

Steven Curtis Chapman, Hope and Turning to God in Loss

My daughter Angela and I were able to attend a Steven Curtis Chapman concert with...

November 21, 2024

Where Does Happiness Originate?

Some people suppose happiness is uniquely human, unrelated to God’s nature: as He gave us...

November 18, 2024

No Little People, No Little Places

Denny Hartford, the founder and director of Vital Signs Ministries, and his wife Claire truly live...

November 14, 2024

How Does Evil Differ from Suffering?

It’s bad enough to do evil and abstain from good. But God condemns the moral...

November 11, 2024

5 Reasons to Obey What God Commands

  There are many reasons to obey what God commands us in Scripture. Here are...

November 07, 2024

Atheist or Christian, We All Choose Our Miracle

My book It’s All About Jesus includes this great quote from Glen Scrivener, a British minister and...

November 04, 2024

There Is a God-Given Happiness That Honors Him

The Puritans, Charles Spurgeon, John Wesley and a host of others constantly spoke of a God-made happiness....

October 2024

October 31, 2024

God’s Promises about Heaven

  Scripture commands us to set our hearts on Heaven: “Set your hearts on things...

October 28, 2024

Are Our Relationships in Heaven Part of Our Eternal Rewards?

Jesus said, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21). So...

October 24, 2024

No Lone Ranger Christians

  We often think of the Apostle Paul as the Lone Ranger, gallivanting solo about...

October 21, 2024

Find Happiness by Planting Yourself Deeply in God’s Word

In our side yard a tree has survived ice storms, heavy snows, and howling winds....

October 17, 2024

An Eternal Perspective Brings Us Great Comfort in Grief

I doubt many people have talked together more about eternity than Nanci and I did....

October 14, 2024

Your Resurrected Body Will Never Pass Its Peak

Our perspective today is informed by the reality that resurrection awaits God’s children. According to...

October 10, 2024

Healthy Grief Is Centered on God’s Promises

I’ve heard it said, “There’s no wrong way to grieve.” I disagree. Certainly, there are...

October 07, 2024

Should Christians Refer to Themselves as Sinners?

A reader of my book Heaven sent us this feedback: On page 33 you wrote, "And all...

October 03, 2024

The Priceless Friendship of Jesus

Over the last two and a half years of grief since Nanci died, I have...

September 2024

September 30, 2024

I Will Rise Again

This is a blast from the past, at least for those of us old enough...

September 26, 2024

God Knows What Suffering He’s Called Each of Us to Endure

Sufferers commonly ask, “Why me? Why not someone else? Why haven’t my friends lost a...

September 23, 2024

When the Problem of Evil and Suffering Becomes Real

The problem of evil and suffering moves from the philosophical to the personal in a...

September 19, 2024

No Place for Sin in Heaven

I’m convinced that the Bible is clear that though we will have freedom to choose...

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