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June 2024

June 03, 2024

Wait Until Then: A Story of Promise for Children

I’m excited that my children’s book Wait Until Then is once again available, reprinted by our ministry....

May 2024

May 30, 2024

Will Places We Loved Here Be Resurrected on the New Earth?

The world says, “You can never go home again.” It means that while we were...

May 27, 2024

Trials Make Us Crave God’s Mercy and Love

Psalm 107 begins, “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures...

May 23, 2024

Our Skewed View of Wealth

When Zacchaeus said he would give half his money to the poor and pay back...

May 20, 2024

What Will Resurrection Day Be Like?

What will it be like on our resurrection day, when we return with Christ to...

May 16, 2024

What Does It Mean to Live for the Line, Not the Dot?

We can think of our lives in terms of a dot and a line, signifying...

May 13, 2024

Should Ethnicity Not Cross Our Minds When We Meet Believers?

I’ve heard it said, “Ethnicity and background should never even cross our minds when we...

May 09, 2024

God’s Good Plans for Us Are Better Than We Can Imagine

I ran across these thoughts that Nanci wrote, and we shared on her Caring Bridge...

May 06, 2024

An Index of My Writings on Loss, Grief, and Eternal Hope

In the years since Nanci’s cancer diagnosis, and her subsequent homecoming in March 2022, grief...

May 02, 2024

How Does Understanding God’s Happiness Change Lives?

A teenage boy came to me with questions about his faith. He’d attended church all...

April 2024

April 29, 2024

Christ’s Resurrection Is the Amen of His Promises

The physical resurrection of Jesus is the cornerstone of redemption. Without it and what it...

April 25, 2024

Why Good Friday Isn’t Called Terrible Friday

On Good Friday, Jesus experienced the terrible burden of atonement, the trauma of dying on...

April 22, 2024

What I’ve Learned about Grieving With Hope

Tomorrow, March 28, marks two years since Nanci entered the presence of Jesus, after a four-year...

April 18, 2024

What Happiness Can We Anticipate on the New Earth?

At the end of Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of Tolkien’s The Return of the King, Bilbo...

April 15, 2024

Where Do Human Rights Come from?

A political commentator on MSNBC made the claim that if you believe human rights come from God,...

April 11, 2024

Reader Aaron Fullan (who’s an actor, composer, and content creator) tagged me in an Instagram reel sharing...

April 08, 2024

If We Realize We’re Undeserving, the World Comes Alive

Jesus said to His disciples, “When you do all the things which are commanded you,...

April 04, 2024

What Would Happen If We Prayed Before We Spent Money?

When something’s a legitimate need, God will provide it. But how often do we take...

April 01, 2024

Obadiah and Ollie Discuss the Old Negro Leagues

In this excerpt from my novel Dominion, the elderly character Obadiah shares his life memories, including...

March 2024

March 28, 2024

What Is God’s Simplicity?

Kevin DeYoung is a pastor and an excellent writer and thinker, and his resources can be...

March 25, 2024

There Is Still Opportunity to Serve Jesus, After Age 70

Our society holds on to youthfulness with a white-knuckled grip. We worship youth and consider...

March 21, 2024

Because There Is a Creator, There Are No Cosmic Coincidences

A friend who lives in Calico Rock, Arkansas wrote me, “Calico Rock has been preparing...

March 18, 2024

Is There Reward for Leaving Money to Ministries in a Will?

One of our readers sent this question: “I got the impression from Money, Possessions and Eternity or The...

March 14, 2024

Why Does Our World Still Contain So Much Evil and Suffering?

C. S. Lewis articulated the erroneous conclusion many people come to: “If God were good,...

March 11, 2024

What Secular Happiness Studies Have In Common With the Bible

The former chapel dean at Duke University tells about a recruiter coming from Teach For...

March 07, 2024

How Much Thought Do You Give to Heaven?

Does thinking about Heaven fill you with joy and excitement? How much thought do...

March 04, 2024

God’s Purposes Prevail in Both Good News and Bad News

Note from Randy: Here is another gem from Nanci’s journal she kept during her cancer years....

February 2024

February 26, 2024

Will We Ever Disagree in Heaven?

Because we’re finite and unique and because we’ll never know everything, we may not agree...

February 22, 2024

Why Does a Biblical Theology of Suffering Matter?

How we think about suffering will radically affect how we see God and the world...

February 19, 2024

Brock Purdy’s Faith and Family Are a Great Super Bowl Story

Nanci and I watched the Super Bowl together every year since we met in 1969....

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