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2024-01-12T15:10:32-08:00

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Standing Up for Unborn Part of Fulfilling Great Commission

Last updated on: January 12, 2024 at 3:10 pm By Randy Alcorn

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Over the years I’ve frequently been told that life issues are not what the church of Jesus Christ is to be about. A seminary student at my church once told me something I’ve often heard in one form or another: “Issues like abortion are just a distraction from the main thing.” “What’s the main thing?” I asked. “The Great Commission,” he said. “Winning people to Christ. That’s what we’re supposed to do. Everything else is a distraction.” What that... Read more

2024-01-12T14:57:26-08:00

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What Does God Think About Money?

Last updated on: January 12, 2024 at 2:57 pm By Randy Alcorn

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If I had any doubts about whether people are genuinely interested in learning about and applying God’s perspective on finances, they ended late in 2001 when my little book The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving was published. It immediately went through eight printings and sold more than 200,000 copies within ten months. Amazed observers asked, “Are people really that interested in giving?” The answer is yes. The Treasure Principle addresses only one aspect of stewardship, but we desperately need... Read more

2024-01-06T10:32:14-08:00

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Living Consistently With Our Beliefs

Last updated on: January 6, 2024 at 10:32 am By Randy Alcorn

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A friend asked me, This was in my Bible study: “‘Christianity’ is more easily perceived by what you do than what you believe.” It really made me think. What are your thoughts on this statement? I’ve been studying Paul’s life, and was reading in Acts 23-24. It was diving deeper into “The Way” that is used in chapter 24 to describe Christianity. That’s a great question. I said decades ago in one of my first books (back in the 80s!)... Read more

2024-01-06T10:22:45-08:00

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Start Giving Before You Inherit

Last updated on: January 6, 2024 at 10:22 am By Randy Alcorn

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Millennials may inherit over $68 trillion from previous generations by 2030. According to Newsweek, some experts believe this “could be the largest transfer of wealth in the history of humankind.” What will younger generations do with that wealth? Studies show the younger someone is, the less he or she tends to give financially. Not just less in amount, but less in proportion. According to Barna Group, “Only 13 percent of Millennials and even fewer Gen Z (6%) give money on a frequent... Read more

2024-12-16T10:59:35-08:00

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The Benefits of Following Jesus Far Outweigh the Costs

Last updated on: December 16, 2024 at 10:59 am By Randy Alcorn

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Every sacrifice we make in following Christ will always result in our long-term good—but it’s more than that. It will also most often result in our short-term happiness. Listen carefully to the words of Jesus to His disciples: Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses... Read more

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2024-12-16T10:36:43-08:00

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What Are Treasures in Heaven?

Last updated on: December 16, 2024 at 10:36 am By Randy Alcorn

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A reader on my Facebook page asked this question about the nature of treasures in Heaven: “What does that even mean to ‘store your treasures in heaven’? What treasures are we storing up?!” The Greek word translated “treasures” or “riches” in Matthew 6 normally means “accumulated wealth in the form of money, jewels, or other valuables.” That’s exactly what Christ’s disciples would have immediately thought of: tangible wealth, valuable assets, precious possessions. It’s true that when Jesus speaks about “treasures... Read more

2023-12-15T10:38:17-08:00

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Immanuel Came to Secure God’s Eternal Plan to Live with Us

Last updated on: December 15, 2023 at 10:38 am By Randy Alcorn

Multiple times in Revelation 21, God says He will come down from the present Heaven to live with His people on the New Earth. The city “comes down out of heaven,” God’s dwelling place is “with man,” God will “dwell with them,” and God Himself “will be with them.” Despite the repetition, most Christians still don’t appear to believe that God’s plan is to bring Heaven to Earth and dwell here with us forever. Not just for a thousand years in a millennial... Read more

2023-12-01T13:12:24-08:00

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Jesus: Good News of Great Happiness

Last updated on: December 1, 2023 at 1:12 pm By Randy Alcorn

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The angel’s message to the shepherds at Jesus’ birth condenses the gospel to its core. He said, “I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people” (Luke 2:10). The gospel isn’t for some; it’s for all. The Greek adjective translated “great” here is megas—this isn’t just news, but good news of “mega-joy.” It’s the best news there has ever been or ever will be. What characterizes this good news is a deep, everlasting joy for... Read more

2023-12-01T13:09:34-08:00

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Giving, the Gift of Happiness

Last updated on: December 1, 2023 at 1:09 pm By Randy Alcorn

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Sociologist Christian Smith’s study on generosity yielded this observation: “People rightly say that money cannot buy happiness. But money and happiness are still related in a curious way. Happiness can be the result, not of spending more money on oneself, but rather of giving money away to others. . . . The data examined here show this to be not simply a nice idea, but a social-scientific fact.” Sure, receiving a gift is great, and our hearts should be full of praise to... Read more

2023-12-15T10:44:10-08:00

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Eternity Changed Because Nanci and I Met 55 Years Ago

Last updated on: December 15, 2023 at 10:44 am By Randy Alcorn

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I shared a version of this on Facebook last week but wanted to also post it on my blog, and add a few more things. Last week was the anniversary of the day Nanci and I met 55 years ago, December 7, 1968. The photo at the top of this blog was taken exactly one week earlier on her 15th birthday. The night we met, Nanci was wearing that same outfit. I remember her exactly as the photo portrays, including that impish... Read more

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