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2025-07-11T13:01:34-08:00

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Why Should We Care About Eternal Rewards?

Last updated on: July 11, 2025 at 1:01 pm By Randy Alcorn

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I think the doctrine of eternal rewards is critically important, yet greatly misunderstood. Scripture is full of references to it. Here are some materials I’ve researched and presented to groups on this subject. The great majority of this is just Scripture, which I’ve organized. Paul said, “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us” (Romans 8:18). “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far... Read more

2025-07-11T12:57:21-08:00

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Trusting God’s Plan Through Cancer Treatments

Last updated on: July 11, 2025 at 12:57 pm By Randy Alcorn

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A reader asked me this thoughtful question: I was recently diagnosed with cancer. I am struggling with whether I should go through treatments from a biblical perspective. While I am not asking for advice on whether or not to undergo treatment, I would like to know how Randy and Nanci made the decision to go through treatments that are extremely difficult. Does Randy feel like they made the right decision? Nanci and I had no regrets about the treatments we... Read more

2025-07-11T12:53:38-08:00

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Why Does Satan Continue to Oppose God?

Last updated on: July 11, 2025 at 12:53 pm By Randy Alcorn

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A reader wrote me this insightful message: If Satan is familiar with the Bible, and knows what John wrote in Revelation, why does he bother when he knows the ultimate outcome? I think, although I have no specific scriptural support for it, that Satan is the ultimate egomaniac. That being the case, he might overestimate his “power” (which is clearly under God’s control) and be delusional about his role in the events of the last days, thinking he might somehow... Read more

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2025-06-25T10:45:50-08:00

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10 Verses That Have Shaped Me

Last updated on: June 25, 2025 at 10:45 am By Randy Alcorn

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I grew up in an unbelieving home, but at age 15 I came to faith in Jesus while reading the Bible. As a new believer, I couldn’t get enough of God’s Word. I learned the Bible doesn’t contradict itself, but it does contradict me— and I desperately need those mid-course corrections! Scripture was the North Star to which I fixed my life’s compass. Fifty-five years later, that’s truer than ever. What a privilege it is to spend time in God’s... Read more

2025-06-25T10:39:08-08:00

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How Focusing on Heaven Energizes Your Life

Last updated on: June 25, 2025 at 10:39 am By Randy Alcorn

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This short video was filmed by Desiring God several years ago, but the message of living your life in light of eternity remains timeless: Knowing that this present world will end and be resurrected into new heavens and a New Earth should profoundly affect our daily behavior. “…You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God. . . . In keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven... Read more

2025-06-25T10:34:55-08:00

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Diabetes Is One of the Best Things That’s Happened to Me

Last updated on: June 25, 2025 at 10:34 am By Randy Alcorn

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In July 1985 I became an insulin-dependent diabetic, and my first book, Money Possessions, and Eternity, was published. It was one of the best things that ever happened to me—becoming a diabetic, I mean. Getting published was good too, but it didn’t do nearly as much for my spiritual life as getting sick did. I had always been a strong and healthy person. Suddenly, four to five times a day, I needed to take blood tests and stick a needle... Read more

2025-06-25T10:31:10-08:00

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Entitlement Is One of the Greatest Enemies of True Happiness

Last updated on: June 25, 2025 at 10:31 am By Randy Alcorn

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Though all of us, if asked, might say that we don’t have any more right to a perfect and pain-free life than the next person, in our own hearts and minds, we tend to believe that we do. So, when forced to suffer, even mature believers can feel driven to question God’s motives, or perhaps even His existence! We imagine that if we are faithful and obedient to God, He will reward us with an easy life. However, God doesn’t promise pain-free... Read more

2025-06-25T10:27:47-08:00

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The Ultimate Answer to Loneliness Is Theological

Last updated on: June 25, 2025 at 10:27 am By Randy Alcorn

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At times all of us are lonely, but to be chronically lonely is to live with almost unbearable stress. Loneliness may begin with a sense of disconnection from others. You may feel you don’t deserve attention, or feel that no one would want to spend time with someone like you. If you know Christ, you need to embrace a biblical view of yourself that goes beyond the fact that you are a sinner and unworthy of God’s grace. That’s true... Read more

2025-06-25T10:25:01-08:00

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More Than One Way to Store Up Treasure in Heaven

Last updated on: June 25, 2025 at 10:25 am By Randy Alcorn

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The primary passage of Scripture that talks about storing up treasures in Heaven is Matthew 6:19-21, where Jesus tells us to transfer our wealth from one place to another: “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will... Read more

2025-06-25T10:17:21-08:00

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God’s Contraconditional Love

Last updated on: June 25, 2025 at 10:17 am By Randy Alcorn

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I met and talked with author and psychologist David Powlison only once, but I will never forget the sweetness of his spirit, and how I saw Jesus in him. His insights were penetrating and gospel-centered. My thanks to Justin Taylor for posting this excerpt from David’s booklet God’s Love: Better than Unconditional: When you look closely, God’s love is very different from “unconditional positive regard,” the seedbed of contemporary notions of unconditional love. God does not accept me just as I am; He... Read more

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