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2026-01-06T13:31:07-08:00

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Christians Can Grieve Death with Both Realism and Solid Hope

Last updated on: January 6, 2026 at 1:31 pm By Randy Alcorn

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Our ministry is often contacted by those who are grieving, looking for guidance after a loved one’s death. One reader shared that a family member had given her a modified version of the poem “Immortality” (usually attributed to Clare Hartner), saying, “Your loved one wants you to hear this”: Do not stand By my grave, and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep— I am the thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints in snow. I... Read more

2026-01-06T13:27:40-08:00

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How Can We Trust God through Trials We Don’t Understand?

Last updated on: January 6, 2026 at 1:27 pm By Randy Alcorn

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I shared this article with a friend who was asking me how not to fear trials that come our way, but to face them with courage and faith. None of us knows what 2026 will bring, but no doubt it will have its difficult moments as well as its wonderful ones. May we wisely prepare our hearts and minds to trust God when those difficult times come. “In all things God works for the good of those who love him,... Read more

2026-01-06T13:22:46-08:00

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Don’t Miss out on the Happiness of Giving

Last updated on: January 6, 2026 at 1:22 pm By Randy Alcorn

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Last month I spoke on generosity, happiness, and Heaven at my home church, Good Shepherd Community Church. This is a message that’s close to my heart. Yes, giving is a duty we are called to, and I don’t minimize that, but ultimately my message was about the happiness of giving. We instinctively imagine that spending money on ourselves will make us happiest. But our greatest joy comes when we give to others. It really is true what Jesus said: “There... Read more

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2026-01-06T13:19:56-08:00

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The Resurrection of Our Deeds

Last updated on: January 6, 2026 at 1:19 pm By Randy Alcorn

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Anticipating eternal life as resurrected beings in a resurrected universe has present, practical implications. “Therefore [in light of our eventual resurrection], my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain” (1 Corinthians 15:58). How do we know that our labor in the Lord is not in vain? Because of our bodily resurrection. Just as we will be carried... Read more

2026-01-06T13:15:27-08:00

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The Joy of Making Discoveries in God’s Animal Kingdom

Last updated on: January 6, 2026 at 1:15 pm By Randy Alcorn

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Think of the spectacular creativity and amazing features God put into His creation, including the full variety of animals, which are said to convey His attributes to us (Romans 1:20). Animals declare God’s glory, yet the vast majority of people who’ve ever lived have never seen—or in many cases even heard of—all the animals that exist. Those of us who happen to know a few hundred species, or even a few thousand, know only a tiny fraction of the total.... Read more

2026-01-06T13:10:06-08:00

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God Promises a Harvest, If You Don’t Give Up

Last updated on: January 6, 2026 at 1:10 pm By Randy Alcorn

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I have the greatest love and appreciation for Brett and Alex Harris, who back when they were teenagers, wrote the excellent book Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations. I keep in touch with Brett and Alex, and both of them have continued to serve Christ through the lives and platforms He has given them. I love these two young men, and their wonderful wives. (Here’s a powerful article we shared a few years ago from Ana, Brett’s wife,... Read more

2026-01-06T12:58:32-08:00

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Being Ourselves in Heaven

Last updated on: January 6, 2026 at 12:58 pm By Randy Alcorn

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In Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge was terrified when he saw a phantom. “Who are you?” Scrooge asked. “Ask me who I was,” the ghost replied. “Who were you then?” said Scrooge. “In life I was your partner, Jacob Marley.” In Stanley Kubrick’s movie 2010, Dave Bowman appears in ghostly form. When asked who he is, he replies, “I was David Bowman.” These are common portrayals of the afterlife, disembodied ghosts—pale reflections of a person’s former self—floating in a... Read more

2026-01-06T12:45:36-08:00

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Entering the Holiday Season with Both Grief and Thanksgiving

Last updated on: January 6, 2026 at 12:45 pm By Randy Alcorn

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The holiday season is challenging, here in my fourth year without Nanci: first there’s Thanksgiving Day, quickly followed by Nanci’s birthday on November 30. Then there’s December 7, the anniversary of the day we met (on a blind date!) in 1968 as freshmen in high school, and after that, Christmas. There’s New Year’s Eve and then Valentine’s Day and then March 28, the day of Nanci’s homegoing. From then till the next Thanksgiving, the anniversary dates are piled on each... Read more

2026-01-06T12:41:29-08:00

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Planning for the Gospel to Be Shared at Your Memorial

Last updated on: January 6, 2026 at 12:41 pm By Randy Alcorn

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A reader left this comment on my Facebook: I have left instructions with my executor to have a copy of the small pocket-sized version of Heaven available to anyone who attends whatever type of memorial I have. Over the years I’ve done many memorial services. It’s true that in the wake of a loss, people’s hearts and minds are often open to hearing what really does happen on the other side of death. The Heaven booklet has been widely used at funerals... Read more

2025-11-21T11:43:11-08:00

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Do You See Eternity?

Last updated on: November 21, 2025 at 11:43 am By Randy Alcorn

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When I was a brand-new believer in the 1970s, many Christians eagerly listened to Bible teachers “proving” from Scripture that Christ would return in the 1980s. The Late Great Planet Earth told us the fig tree in Matthew 24:32–35 was Israel, and the generation that witnessed Israel’s return as a nation in 1948 wouldn’t pass away before Christ’s return. Convinced of this, one of my friends didn’t get dental work done, saying, “Why spend the money when Christ is going... Read more

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