During his visit to BIOLA University, Randy Alcorn answered this questions posed by a Torrey Honors Insitute student: "Are Christians in China persecuted because of resistance to the communist party, or because the government doesn't understand Christianity?"
Given President Obama’s recent comments in support of gay marriage, we wanted to provide some resources for you to read and consider as you have conversations with others about this topic.
What books would Randy use or recommend that has helped Christians prioritize their lives so that they can say “yes” to the things they should be doing?
Resources for the graduate course on Heaven taught by Randy Alcorn at Corban University in Salem, Oregon May 8-10, 2012.
I don't deal with election in the Heaven book, though I do believe in election, since the Bible teaches it. Election does not change the default destination issue. All are conceived and born in sin, that is the sense in which our default destination is hell. Without God's intervention that's where we'll go. That's the point, and biblically it's not debatable.
The old practice of capitalizing pronouns of deity has been done in very few Bible translations historically, and was abandoned by most Christian publishers years ago. I continued to do it for years but it created inconsistencies since I would capitalize pronouns of deity, then quote Scripture that didn’t. The inconsistency stood out. The only alternative would be to quote from NASB or NKJV, neither of which is my preference.
Of course, I would never agree to Christ or God not being capitalized. But notice that while Heaven is capitalized (since it is an actual place), I don’t ...
This verse, taken in context, seems to be speaking generationally. Just as you and I know nothing of the situation, personalities, or daily life of our ancestors from thousands of years ago, so (if the Lord tarries) our generations hence will know (and care) little about our current lives.
Jesus is the center of our faith. These verses are evidence that true belief in God must include believing in Jesus Christ.
Yes and no. There is reason to believe that there will be a wide spectrum of personalities in Heaven—including extroverted and introverted tendencies, but our social interaction with others will be perfected and free of comparisons, pride, and fear.
Of all you've written about stewardship, what's the single most important point you'd want people to grasp about why they should be generous stewards for the kingdom?
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