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February 2026

February 02, 2026

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

I shared this article with a friend who was asking me how not to fear...

June 2024

June 10, 2024

Life Is Far from Certain, But Jesus Is

Corrie Ten Boom wrote, “When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark,...

May 2024

May 09, 2024

God’s Good Plans for Us Are Better Than We Can Imagine

I ran across these thoughts that Nanci wrote, and we shared on her Caring Bridge...

February 2024

February 19, 2024

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

Nanci and I watched the Super Bowl together every year since we met in 1969....

January 2024

January 18, 2024

Living Consistently With Our Beliefs

A friend asked me, This was in my Bible study: “‘Christianity’ is more easily perceived...

August 2023

August 11, 2023

As You Age, Feed Your Mind with an Eternal Perspective

This wonderful message our ministry received from an 83-year-old reader made my day. I listened...

June 2023

June 01, 2023

George Verwer—Global Statesman, Evangelist, and Hero of the Faith—Now with Jesus

My dear friend George Verwer, founder of Operation Mobilization (OM) and advocate for worldwide missions, is...

May 2023

May 15, 2023

Christ’s Resurrection Means Our Old Bodies Will Be Made New

In 1 Corinthians 15:17-19, Paul says that if Christ hadn’t risen from the dead, we’d still...

April 2023

April 03, 2023

Why the Year After Her Cancer Diagnosis Was the Best Year of Nanci’s Life

Tuesday March 28 marked a year since my wife Nanci relocated to Heaven. She finished...

March 2023

March 23, 2023

Is It God’s Will to Always Heal Us?

A writer friend was at an event many years ago when he witnessed the following:...

February 2023

February 06, 2023

Professions of Faith at Crusades: Good News or Reason for Doubt?

I confess I grow weary of some believers’ responses to good news, especially related to...

February 02, 2023

God’s Grace: More than Amazing

The Bible makes this astounding proclamation: “God demonstrates his own love for us in this:...

October 2022

October 29, 2022

The Doctrinal Crisis in American Evangelical Churches: What Can We Do?

Most readers have likely heard about individuals having a crisis of faith. We’ve learned terms...

October 17, 2022

God’s Unseen Intervention

“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the...

July 2022

July 25, 2022

Letter to a Young Man Desiring to Follow Jesus

I received this letter from a reader: Dear Mr. Randy Alcorn, My name is Aidan....

June 2022

June 30, 2022

Expect Great Things of God, and Leave the Results to Him

In his article “Beware the Scarcity Gospel,” Andy Jones writes, Is it possible that some of...

June 06, 2022

What Faith Is, and Is Not

On November 14, 2019, Nanci wrote the following in her journal: Today I am thinking...

May 2022

May 26, 2022

Honest Faith Can Cry out to God

As I shared recently with a friend, it’s a new world I’m living in without...

May 16, 2022

Conflict with a Purpose

It may seem strange to say this—I usually don’t look for comfort from my own...

April 2022

April 28, 2022

Is Our Suffering Pointless?

Perhaps the greatest test of whether we believe Romans 8:28—“In all things God works for the...

April 16, 2022

Finding Resurrection Hope This Easter, and How Suffering Can Drive Us Deeper into God’s Love

I always appreciate the thoughtful, biblical and Christ-centered insights of Tim Keller, and have recommended...

April 07, 2022

The Weakness of Suffering Is a Workroom for God’s Grace

We come into this world needy, and we leave it the same way. Without suffering...

March 2022

March 28, 2022

Honest Faith

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the...

February 2022

February 03, 2022

Whose Purpose in Your Suffering Will Prevail?

If we recognize God’s sovereignty even over Satan’s work, it changes our perspective about our...

November 2021

November 18, 2021

If God Is Good, Why Is There Evil and Suffering?

Recently, I was interviewed on The Thinking Out Loud Podcast with Kevin and Kyle. In...

April 2021

April 19, 2021

Does Scripture Say Baptism Is Necessary to Be Saved?

Someone asked me if I could address the relationship between salvation and baptism in Scripture,...

January 2021

January 18, 2021

Alisa Childers on Doubt, Progressive Christianity, and Rediscovering the Solid Rock

It’s become increasingly popular for people to share their “de-conversion stories,” talking about how they...

September 2020

September 14, 2020

How to Cultivate Courage

God calls us all to do certain things that require courage (although He doesn’t call us all...

July 2020

July 02, 2020

Thoughts on Choosing a College, as Seen from Our Enemy’s Perspective

In this excerpt from my book Lord Foulgrin’s Letters, a high-ranking demon instructs his subordinate how...

June 2020

June 08, 2020

A Legacy of Trust Through Suffering, and God’s Promise to Make Up for the Heartbreaks of This Earth

In my book Heaven, I share how years ago, Nanci read me letters we’d never before...

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