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2024-03-22T13:44:44-08:00

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

Last updated on: March 22, 2024 at 1:44 pm By Randy Alcorn

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Jesus said to His disciples, “When you do all the things which are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done’” (Luke 17:10, NASB). He’s saying, in effect, “Lower your sense of what you deserve.” God told Adam and Eve what would happen to them when they turned from Him and chose sin: “You will surely die” (Genesis 2:17, NASB). Based on that text alone, all we deserve and should... Read more

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2024-03-22T13:40:09-08:00

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What Would Happen If We Prayed Before We Spent Money?

Last updated on: March 22, 2024 at 1:40 pm By Randy Alcorn

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When something’s a legitimate need, God will provide it. But how often do we take matters into our own hands and spend impulsively before asking God to furnish it for us? How often do we go buy something—whether we consider it a “want” or a “need”—a week or a month before God would have provided it for free or at minimal cost, if only we’d asked him? Years ago, my friend wanted a good exercise bicycle. He even picked the... Read more

2024-03-07T12:01:34-08:00

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Obadiah and Ollie Discuss the Old Negro Leagues

Last updated on: March 7, 2024 at 12:01 pm By Randy Alcorn

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In this excerpt from my novel Dominion, the elderly character Obadiah shares his life memories, including about the Old Negro League. Researching these players was both fascinating and inspiring. (Here’s a video with a brief history of the Negro Leagues.) “What’s up?” Clarence asked, surprised to see Ollie at his door Saturday afternoon. “Something happen?” “No. I’m here to see your father. I brought him my Hank Aaron autograph.” Ollie lifted up an old Milwaukee Braves program, Aaron’s autograph dark and prominent.... Read more

2024-03-07T11:54:38-08:00

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What Is God’s Simplicity?

Last updated on: March 7, 2024 at 11:54 am By Randy Alcorn

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Kevin DeYoung is a pastor and an excellent writer and thinker, and his resources can be found at the ministry Clearly Reformed. Kevin has started an explainer video series on God’s attributes. I’ve listened to the two he’s done so far and love them. The first one on the doctrine of divine simplicity is pretty unique. I have probably only heard the term used of God a few times in all the books on God’s attributes that I’ve read. As Kevin says, simplicity doesn’t... Read more

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2024-03-07T11:50:42-08:00

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There Is Still Opportunity to Serve Jesus, After Age 70

Last updated on: March 7, 2024 at 11:50 am By Randy Alcorn

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Our society holds on to youthfulness with a white-knuckled grip. We worship youth and consider the elderly at best, useless; and at worst, disposable. God’s perspective is very different: “Gray hair is a glorious crown; it is found in the ways of righteousness” (Proverbs 16:31). Titus 2 encourages both older men and women to be examples to those who are younger, and to teach them God’s ways. I love to be around older people—that is, older people who have sweetened... Read more

2024-03-01T17:06:13-08:00

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Because There Is a Creator, There Are No Cosmic Coincidences

Last updated on: March 1, 2024 at 5:06 pm By Randy Alcorn

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A friend who lives in Calico Rock, Arkansas wrote me, “Calico Rock has been preparing for the TOTAL ECLIPSE on April 8, 2024—we are in the direct totality path. Since all of this ‘just happened,’ we are hoping it does not get stuck and freeze us all to death!” I looked it up, and the Calico Rock tourist department must be going crazy. It seems like the Ozark Total Eclipse 2024 is everywhere online. This brings back memories of when Nanci and... Read more

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2024-03-01T17:01:41-08:00

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

Last updated on: March 1, 2024 at 5:01 pm By Randy Alcorn

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One of our readers sent this question: “I got the impression from Money, Possessions and Eternity or The Treasure Principle that you don’t believe we will receive eternal rewards for money we leave to God’s kingdom in our wills, after we die. I’m thinking of a very godly man who left his wealth in a foundation. What about all the good his foundation has done since he died? I personally benefited from it. Isn’t he being rewarded for that?” I understand Scripture to teach... Read more

2024-02-26T10:52:10-08:00

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

Last updated on: February 26, 2024 at 10:52 am By Randy Alcorn

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C. S. Lewis articulated the erroneous conclusion many people come to: “If God were good, He would wish to make His creatures perfectly happy, and if God were almighty He would be able to do what He wished. But the creatures are not happy. Therefore, God lacks either goodness, or power, or both.” Put another way, if Jesus triumphed over sin and death, why does our world still contain so much evil and suffering? Why are we still sinners, why... Read more

2024-02-26T10:48:47-08:00

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What Secular Happiness Studies Have In Common With the Bible

Last updated on: February 26, 2024 at 10:48 am By Randy Alcorn

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The former chapel dean at Duke University tells about a recruiter coming from Teach For America, an organization that strives to place talented graduates as teachers in some of the lowest-rated public schools. She described the schools in the program and how two of their teachers were killed on the job in the past year. After surmising that none of the students would be interested, she closed the meeting, mentioning where students could find brochures. Students rushed to grab the... Read more

2024-02-23T15:06:58-08:00

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How Much Thought Do You Give to Heaven?

Last updated on: February 23, 2024 at 3:06 pm By Randy Alcorn

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Does thinking about Heaven fill you with joy and excitement? How much thought do you give to Heaven? How often do you and your church and your family talk about it? We’re told how to get to Heaven, and that it’s a better destination than Hell, but unfortunately, we’re taught remarkably little about Heaven itself. (If you lack a passion for Heaven, I can almost guarantee it’s because you have a weak, deficient, and distorted theology of it.) If you’d like to... Read more

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