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2024-02-19T14:02:16-08:00

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

Last updated on: February 19, 2024 at 2:02 pm By Randy Alcorn

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Note from Randy: Here is another gem from Nanci’s journal she kept during her cancer years. She wrote this while anticipating some bad news about her health, and about our dog, Maggie. When someone survives an accident or gets a negative biopsy report, we sigh in relief and say, “God is good.” We’re right to give heartfelt thanks. But God remains just as good if the person dies or the biopsy report brings bad news. God is good even when we can’t... Read more

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2024-02-19T14:05:48-08:00

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Will We Ever Disagree in Heaven?

Last updated on: February 19, 2024 at 2:05 pm By Randy Alcorn

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Because we’re finite and unique and because we’ll never know everything, we may not agree about everything in Heaven. We’ll agree on innumerable matters and wonder how we ever thought otherwise. But we’ll still likely have different tastes in food and clothes and music and thousands of other things. We will have discussions, perhaps even debates, about things we won’t yet understand. Of course, there will be no personal attacks, no ill-informed biases, and no prideful refusal to grant a... Read more

2024-02-09T13:19:13-08:00

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Why Does a Biblical Theology of Suffering Matter?

Last updated on: February 9, 2024 at 1:19 pm By Randy Alcorn

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How we think about suffering will radically affect how we see God and the world around us. If you believe God should always bless you and your loved ones with material abundance and good health, you are setting yourself up to lose your faith. Actually, you should lose that faith, because it’s false. Replace it with true biblical faith. Trials are an opportunity to jettison false ideas about God and ground ourselves in who He reveals Himself to be in His Word.... Read more

2024-02-09T13:14:52-08:00

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

Last updated on: February 9, 2024 at 1:14 pm By Randy Alcorn

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Nanci and I watched the Super Bowl together every year since we met in 1969. She loves Jesus, people, dogs, and football. And I think she would enjoy the videos of a strong Christian athlete and his family I’m linking to in this blog. (No offense intended to fans of the Kansas City Chiefs, a great team and great organization that has its own share of believers. The Purdy story is simply unique in so many ways, and I found the... Read more

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2024-02-09T13:03:22-08:00

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When Your Life Is Forgotten on Earth, God Will Remember

Last updated on: February 9, 2024 at 1:03 pm By Randy Alcorn

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Our lives are so brief, they may seem like pebbles dropped in a pond. They create ripples for a moment, tiny wrinkles that smooth out, then are gone forever. Abandoned tombstones with names no one remembers are stark reminders of our eventual anonymity in this world. What do you know about your great-grandparents? What will your great-grandchildren know about you? Our brief stay here may appear insignificant, but if we spend our lives honoring Jesus and being generous, thereby storing... Read more

2024-02-09T12:57:46-08:00

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Your Shepherd’s Lovingkindness Pursues You

Last updated on: February 9, 2024 at 12:57 pm By Randy Alcorn

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Psalm 23 was the first passage I memorized as a brand-new Christian, at age 15. I remember loving those words. I am amazed at how much more they mean to me now because of the suffering and grief I have both witnessed and experienced since then: 1 Yahweh is my shepherd, I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. 3 He restores my soul; He guides me in the... Read more

2024-01-26T10:07:24-08:00

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I Can Trust God for the Future

Last updated on: January 26, 2024 at 10:07 am By Randy Alcorn

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Recently I shared this on Facebook: In all my hardest times, God has been there. He’s been faithful to me when I had to resign as a pastor, had issues with church leaders, went through lawsuits and public scorn, was restricted to minimum wage, and faced disease and depression and the deaths of close friends and family members, including the death of my beloved wife and best friend, Nanci. I don’t understand why everything has happened, but I have seen a... Read more

2024-01-26T10:02:06-08:00

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Tell Children and Grandchildren, That They May Remind You

Last updated on: January 26, 2024 at 10:02 am By Randy Alcorn

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One of the things I love most about our ministry is that our staff take the time to minister and talk to people who contact us. One of our EPM staff, Amy Schafer, shared about a wonderful conversation she had with a customer who called to order Heaven booklets: She has one booklet already that she was able to read daily to her mother who had Alzheimer’s, and it was such a comfort and always brought peace to her mom (and her).... Read more

2024-01-19T16:15:13-08:00

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No Adverse Circumstance Changes the Worth of an Unborn Child

Last updated on: January 19, 2024 at 4:15 pm By Randy Alcorn

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In addressing the issue of abortion in the case of rape in my prolife books, I pose a series of questions to readers: What if you found that your spouse or adopted child was fathered by a rapist? Would it change your view of their worth? Would you love them any less? If not, why should we view the innocent unborn child any differently? Rape is so horrible that we easily transfer our horror to the wrong object. We must not... Read more

2024-01-19T16:08:49-08:00

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We Are Called to Persevere and Finish Well, to God’s Glory

Last updated on: January 19, 2024 at 4:08 pm By Randy Alcorn

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Charles Spurgeon said, “By perseverance, the snail reached the ark.” This beautiful art illustrating Spurgeon’s words was created by Eden Kell, 15-year-old daughter of author and pastor Garrett Kell: I’ve been following Garrett’s updates on Eden on her CaringBridge page. Precious Eden suffered a serious and unexplained seizure in December and has been in the PICU. It has been, and continues to be, a long haul for the Kell family. Please join me in praying for them and for Eden’s recovery.... Read more

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