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August 2026

August 20, 2026

If We Don’t Speak for the Unborn, Who Will?

In 1977, I became one of two co-pastors of a rapidly growing new church near...

December 2025

December 22, 2025

To Be Like Jesus Is to Be Full of Grace and Truth

Many evangelical Christians are speaking grace without truth, while others are speaking truth without grace....

October 2025

October 30, 2025

Heaven, a Death-Row Prisoner, and the Wonder of God’s Grace

Years ago in the Midwest, a woman was looking for a way to reach out....

July 2025

July 17, 2025

Entitlement Is One of the Greatest Enemies of True Happiness

Though all of us, if asked, might say that we don’t have any more right to a...

July 07, 2025

God’s Contraconditional Love

I met and talked with author and psychologist David Powlison only once, but I will...

August 2024

August 22, 2024

Extending Grace to Others

Jesus told of a servant whose debt to his master was 10,000 talents, the equivalent...

August 12, 2024

Are We Careful to Speak Words of Grace When We Disagree?

Proverbs 6:16-19 says there are six things God hates, seven things detestable to the Lord. “Hands...

October 2023

October 30, 2023

What Does It Mean That Christ Is a Friend to Sinners?

I love this audio devotional from the excellent book Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund. When I really...

September 2023

September 25, 2023

A Two-Point Checklist of Christlikeness

John 1:1, 14 tells us Jesus is full of two things: grace and truth. In...

August 2023

August 21, 2023

May We Be Overwhelmed by the Goodness of God

A dear friend sent me this video. If you don’t have time to read the article...

June 2023

June 26, 2023

The Tide of God’s Grace Brings Us Wave after Wave of God’s Goodness

“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive...

May 2023

May 18, 2023

Heaven Celebrates Every Repentant Sinner

Philip Yancey tells a modern-day version of the prodigal son, about a girl with a...

May 04, 2023

Heaven Celebrates Every Repentant Sinner

Philip Yancey tells a modern-day version of the prodigal son, about a girl with a...

May 01, 2023

We Could Never Earn God’s Grace

Through a set of divinely arranged circumstances, years ago I drove home a university professor I’d just...

February 2023

February 02, 2023

God’s Grace: More than Amazing

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

January 2023

January 19, 2023

Can Cancer Be God’s Servant? What I Saw in My Wife’s Last Four Years

Last March, my beloved wife, Nanci, lost her four-year battle with colon cancer. All 54...

October 2022

October 20, 2022

A Grace-Starved, Truth-Starved World Needs Jesus

Late one rainy night years ago, my wife and I were leaving a movie theater...

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....

April 2022

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...

January 2022

January 03, 2022

A Grieving Daughter Offers the Gospel of Grace to Her Father’s Killer

Last week I watched a video of a young woman, Shelby Houston, speaking at her...

September 2021

September 27, 2021

How to Deal with Church When You’ve Been Really Hurt

Over the last year and a half, many Christians got angry at their churches for...

August 2021

August 19, 2021

Comments on Ephesians 4-5 about Sexual Immorality, Transgender Confusion, and LGBTQ Issues

I shared the following notes with a pastor friend who was preparing a message addressing...

August 16, 2021

In Our Trials, God Is Driving Us Toward His Goodness

I love these thoughts from Abigail Dodds, the author of (A)Typical Woman: Free, Whole, and Called...

June 2021

June 03, 2021

Why Christians Should Listen Carefully and Speak with Kindness

I love this four-minute video from Russell Moore answering the question, “Why should Christians speak with kindness?”...

May 2021

May 27, 2021

What to Do When You Sin

How to handle sin in a God-honoring way isn’t often clearly addressed in the church....

April 2021

April 29, 2021

Does Grace Still Amaze You?

Years ago, I spoke at a large event where the vocalist sang one of my...

February 2021

February 27, 2021

Final Thoughts on Embracing Sexual Purity and Preventing Disaster

I’m glad to say—and some readers will be very glad to hear—this is my final...

October 2020

October 24, 2020

Is It Judgmental and Unloving to Believe That Abortion Is Child-Killing?

Unfortunately, despite the clear teaching of Scripture that the preborn are fully human and created by God,...

August 2020

August 24, 2020

A Social Media Interaction Full of Grace and Truth (A Discussion of God’s Words in Job)

I’m posting this recent interaction from my Facebook page for two reasons: first, the value of the...

August 08, 2020

When It Comes to Parenting Your Teenage Children, No One Can Take Your Place

If we don’t think strategically about parenting, then we’ve made a statement: our children aren’t...

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