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August 04, 2025

Trusting God’s Plan Through Cancer Treatments

A reader asked me this thoughtful question: I was recently diagnosed with cancer. I am...

June 2025

June 09, 2025

Astronauts, the Heavens, and Our Eternal Home

I’ve seen a few things about astronaut Butch Wilmore, who was stuck in space for...

June 05, 2025

Our Call to Protect and Disciple Our Children

I’ve known Christian parents who wish their teenagers wouldn’t watch R-rated movies, wish their daughters...

April 2025

April 17, 2025

God Makes Much of Little Things

God isn’t just in life’s monumental things. He’s present in the little things: rain drops,...

April 14, 2025

Overcoming Pornography Use and Restoring Sexual Wholeness

I had the opportunity to be on a panel hosted by the Barna Group and Pure...

April 07, 2025

How Should We Evaluate Claims Of Visions or Dreams from God?

It’s true that far too many Bible believers are in effect anti-supernatural. Some Christians argue...

March 2025

March 17, 2025

God Is at Work in Your Life, Even When You Can’t See It

Recently I shared Isaiah 43:19 with our Eternal Perspective Ministries staff. I was so moved...

February 2025

February 24, 2025

What If You Only Had One Week to Live?

I asked the men in my weekly small group, "If you knew today you had...

February 10, 2025

The Insanity of Pride, the Blessing of Humility

I think one of the most powerful and chilling portrayals of the insanity of rejecting...

January 2025

January 30, 2025

Consider Reading the Bible Chronologically This Year

Countless Christians believe that Bible reading is their duty—something holy people do. What many don’t understand is...

January 27, 2025

Biblical Optimism for the New Year

Regardless of our expectations or resolutions, this new year, like every year since we were...

January 06, 2025

The Benefits of Following Jesus Always Outweigh the Costs

Every sacrifice we make in following Christ will always result in our long-term good—but...

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 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 11, 2024

5 Reasons to Obey What God Commands

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

October 2024

October 24, 2024

No Lone Ranger Christians

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

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 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...

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 12, 2024

Outrage Is Not a Fruit of the Spirit

In today’s digital world—and especially in an election year—it’s heartbreaking to see God’s people become...

September 09, 2024

No One Is Ever Too Old to Be Used by God

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone,...

August 2024

August 26, 2024

We Are Always Being Examined by God, the Audience of One

The only appraisal of your life that will ultimately matter is God’s. One of the...

August 15, 2024

How Can We Set Our Minds on Things Above?

Last fall, I visited Shepherd’s House Bible Church in Arizona and spoke at their college/young adult ministry, The...

August 12, 2024

Are We Careful to Speak Words of Grace When We Disagree?

Proverbs 6:16-19 says there are six things God hates, seven things detestable to the Lord. “Hands...

July 2024

July 11, 2024

What You Read Builds Who You Are

In God’s common grace, He shares insights even with those who don’t know or trust...

June 2024

June 27, 2024

How Can Christians Better Respond to Mental Health Issues?

I’ve known a few people with perpetually sunny dispositions, but my own nature is reflective...

June 10, 2024

Life Is Far from Certain, But Jesus Is

Corrie Ten Boom wrote, “When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark,...

March 2024

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...

February 2024

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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