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2023-11-27T10:14:21-08:00

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Sixty Years Later, C. S. Lewis’s Voice Still Speaks

Last updated on: November 27, 2023 at 10:14 am By Randy Alcorn

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I shared these reflections on my Facebook page last Wednesday, but I wanted to also share them on my blog and add some other important things about C.S. Lewis. Wednesday, November 22, flooded me with memories of exactly 60 years ago, as a nine-year-old third grader at Orient Elementary School. I remember the exact place I was standing on the stairs, walking from one room to another about 10:40 AM when a teacher, also on the stairway, said, “President Kennedy has been... Read more

2023-11-25T09:24:43-08:00

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Controlling the Chaos of the Holiday Season

Last updated on: November 25, 2023 at 9:24 am By Randy Alcorn

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Stress studies show that a sense of control is essential to mental health. Those who survive captivity with the fewest mental scars are those who maintain as much control as possible even when so much is out of their control. They may treat their cell as a home, rearrange the “furniture,” save food and share it with others, write notes to themselves, make plans for their days, order their lives in simple ways. Prisoners who lose their sense of control... Read more

2023-11-17T08:32:52-08:00

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How Anticipation for Heaven Changes Our Lives Now

Last updated on: November 17, 2023 at 8:32 am By Randy Alcorn

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In this video from my class Eternity 101, I talk about how anticipating Heaven motivates us to live life differently now: In Below is an expanded transcript of what I share in the video: Charles Spurgeon wrote in his classic devotional Morning and Evening, “Christian, meditate much on Heaven, it will help thee to press on, and to forget the toil of the way. This vale of tears is but the pathway to the better country: this world of woe is but the... Read more

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2023-11-17T08:27:31-08:00

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The Divine Paradox of God’s Sovereignty and Meaningful Human Choice

Last updated on: November 17, 2023 at 8:27 am By Randy Alcorn

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I once spoke to eighty college students about a sensitive theological question: “Can true Christians lose their salvation?” First, I asked them to commit themselves to a yes or no answer. I separated them, according to their answers, on opposite sides of the room, breaking them up into small groups. Next I gave everyone a handout featuring twenty passages of Scripture. After reading these aloud, the students were to discuss in their groups and decide: “If these were the only... Read more

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2023-11-15T16:52:18-08:00

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What Is God’s Common Grace?

Last updated on: November 15, 2023 at 4:52 pm By Randy Alcorn

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Common grace is one of my very favorite doctrines. I so love it and wish it were better understood and more often celebrated. “Common grace” points out that God loves the whole world, and exercises patience and kindness even to those who ultimately reject Him. In his excellent book Bible Doctrine, Wayne Grudem says, “Common grace is the grace of God by which he gives people innumerable blessings that are not part of salvation. The word common here means something that is... Read more

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2023-11-15T16:41:41-08:00

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Will We Know Everything in Heaven or Will We Learn?

Last updated on: November 15, 2023 at 4:41 pm By Randy Alcorn

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People often say, “We don’t understand now, but in Heaven we’ll know everything.” Is this true? Definitely not. God alone is omniscient. When we die, we’ll see things far more clearly, and we’ll know much more than we do now, but we’ll never know everything. (If we did, we’d be God!) The apostle Paul writes, “Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know... Read more

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2023-11-03T08:33:27-08:00

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The Dedication of the Nanci Alcorn Memorial Library

Last updated on: November 3, 2023 at 8:33 am By Randy Alcorn

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It was six years ago, but I remember like yesterday when Nanci and I traveled to Jamaica, where I spoke at a donors’ conference to help raise funds for Operation Mobilization’s ship Logos Hope. We were very familiar with it from a distance, partly because of a close relationship with OM founder George Verwer. I asked if it would be possible for Nanci and me to stay on board the ship after the conference. It turned out that it was one... Read more

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2023-11-03T08:28:41-08:00

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He Who Is a Happy Creator Is a Happy Redeemer

Last updated on: November 3, 2023 at 8:28 am By Randy Alcorn

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If we are going to fully trust God, it’s vital that we believe in a happy God who cares deeply for our welfare and is active in creation and redemption. In his sermon “A Free Salvation,” Charles Spurgeon said, Let a man truly know the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and he will be a happy man! And the deeper he drinks into the spirit of Christ, the more happy will he become! That religion which teaches misery to... Read more

2023-10-27T13:20:14-08:00

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George Washington Carver: A Life of Self-Forgetful Service

Last updated on: October 27, 2023 at 1:20 pm By Randy Alcorn

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George Washington Carver (1864–1943) was born into slavery on a Missouri plantation. He was a frail and sickly baby whose father had recently died. While still an infant, George and his mother were kidnapped. He was later returned to the plantation and traded for a horse, while his mother was never heard from again. Carver was ten when he went to Kansas and put himself through high school. In 1891, he entered the college that’s now called Iowa State University.... Read more

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2023-10-27T13:16:16-08:00

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What I Would Tell My Younger Self

Last updated on: October 27, 2023 at 1:16 pm By Randy Alcorn

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During a Q&A interview earlier this year, I was asked “What would you say to your younger self?” Here was my answer: And for those who would like to read a summary of what I shared, and want more resources: 1) Learn to say no to even very good things so that you can be free to say yes to those few wonderful things God has called you to do. Years ago I wrote an article on Planned Neglect: Saying No to Good Things So We... Read more

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