Wait Until Then, a thirty-two page big format picture book, was published in February. It’s a very short story, only two thousand words, about a boy who loves baseball, and his grandfather who played one year for the Boston Red Sox with Ted Williams.
My twenty-sixth book and seventh novel, Deception, came out in April.
Tell Me About Heaven is about a grandfather helping ten-year-old Jake come to terms with his grandmother’s death. Jake has all kinds of questions about Heaven, and what his grandma is doing and whether she remembers him. When he spends two weeks at his grandfather’s house out in the country, they do things together and talk about Heaven as they go. (It’s a low-key story. No shootings, pirates or Bruce Willis taking down a helicopter with a car.)
Here’s a photo I took Saturday on Mount Lassen, at about 7,000 feet. The lake, the flowers, the sky—beauty popping up out of barrenness, all declaring God’s glory.
My new book If God Is Good addresses what is arguably the greatest issue in human history: the problem of evil and suffering.
The question is this: Why would an all-good and all-powerful (and all-knowing/all-wise) God create or permit a world with so much evil and suffering? This is not merely a problem, but the problem. Not only do atheists raise it, a poll of Christians revealed it is the question people would most like to ask God.
God promises to return and finalize his redemption of his once-good creation, to remove once and for all the evil and ...
Before I get to today’s blog, I wanted to mention an upcoming event I’ll be speaking at that the men from your local church might be interested in getting involved with. On Saturday, September 12, I’ll be speaking on the subject of Heaven at the Game Plan for Life: A Champion's Guide to a Successful Life national simulcast event, broadcasting live from Grove Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia. The seminar will offer a straight-talking, winning strategy for applying God’s truth to everyday issues, and speakers will include Joe Gibbs, Dr. Tony Evans, and Dr ...
Be sure you don’t miss tonight’s (September 14) Facebook party to celebrate the September 15 release of Randy’s new book, If God Is Good. The party, which will take place in the notes section of Randy’s Facebook page from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. PST, will feature sneak peeks at the book, giveaways, trivia quizzes, videos of Randy, and some surprises. Bring your friends!
So if you’re not already following Randy on Facebook, go to www.facebook.com/randyalcorn to become a fan so you’ll be able to join in.
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Today, September 15, is the release date of my new book If God Is Good. I hope you’ve had the chance to read some of the excerpts from the book that have been posted over the last few weeks. I've enjoyed reading your comments and seeing your responses.
Unbelievers and believers have the same heart-cry in response to evil and suffering: “Something's terribly wrong.” We know we were made for something far better. But our heart-cry itself is revealing—why do we expect more or hope for more? Why are we outraged by evil and suffering when if the atheists are right it’s no more than we should expect in a world of random chance and survival of the fittest? Where do we get the standard of goodness by which we judge evil to be evil?
In If God Is Good, I appeal to unbelievers and believers alike to consider these questions: Why is there so much good in the world? Why do the great majority of suffering people want to go on living nonetheless? Is evil and suffering just bad luck, or is there a rational explanation for it? Is there a redemptive purpose for it? Can we as hurting people, and as those trying to help hurting people, find perspectives that recognize the full force of evil and suffering, yet offer hope? I suggest the answer is yes.
If you missed today's Livestream video—which was a Q&A on my book If God Is Good—check out the embedded video in this blog. I enjoyed sharing a little about the book as well as answering the great, thought-provoking questions that viewers had.
(Click here to go to the Livestream video channel if you're unable to see the embedded video.)
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