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Tue, Jun 19, 2012
Randy Alcorn
Christians, Past and Present (By and About)
c.s. lewis

In C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce why is there hard grass and undrinkable water?

Question from a reader:

I am reading The Great Divorce and am wondering if there is any significance to the "hard grass/undrinkable water" in his Heaven scene where the spirits are discussing their past. It is a bit odd, but I love Lewis and I am trying to keep an open mind. Where he was going with this – or was it purely imagination?

Answer from Randy Alcorn:

In The Great Divorce, Lewis sees everything in heaven (grass, rocks, trees, water, etc.) as “much solider than things in our country.” It’s all heavy and hard, like diamonds—the character ...

Thu, Oct 27, 2011
Randy Alcorn
Christians, Past and Present (By and About), Heaven, Writing

What prompted you to write your book We Shall See God?

Question from a reader:

Have some things happened in your own circle of friends and family in the past few years that prompted you to write We Shall See God, an upbeat book on the topic of heaven?

Wed, Oct 26, 2011
Randy Alcorn
Christians, Past and Present (By and About)
spurgeon

What is the one thing you hope readers will take away from We Shall See God?

Question from a reader:

Consider for a minute the many people who are going to read We Shall See God. What is the one thing you hope they will take away from it?

Answer from Randy Alcorn:

I’ve found that many people who say “I love Spurgeon” haven’t read any of his sermons. Most of his readers are familiar only with Morning and Evening, by far his most popular work. Yet a majority of Spurgeon’s richest words can be found in his sermons. This book is my attempt to help readers access wonderful Spurgeon insights into Heaven ...

Wed, Oct 26, 2011
Randy Alcorn
Christians, Past and Present (By and About)
spurgeon

When did you discover Charles Spurgeon?

Question from a reader:

Charles Spurgeon is an English preacher who died in 1892, yet you seem well-acquainted. When did you discover Spurgeon?

Wed, Aug 03, 2011
Randy Alcorn
Christians, Past and Present (By and About)
born again, c.s. lewis

I’ve heard and read that based on some of his beliefs and writings, C.S. Lewis wasn’t born again. What do you think?

Since I have read nearly everything Lewis wrote, I have a fairly good grasp of what he believed.

Wed, Jul 13, 2011
Randy Alcorn
Christians, Past and Present (By and About), Doctrine and Theology, Writing
lewis

You quote from C.S. Lewis often. Do you always agree with him?

Question from a reader:

You quote from C.S. Lewis in your books often. I like Lewis too, but now I'm hearing that he's not biblical. I recently watched an online video that said he was a universalist. What do you think?

Thu, Feb 17, 2011
Wendy Jeffries, Randy Alcorn
Christians, Past and Present (By and About), Money and Giving
biography, business, businessman, money, possessions, r.g. letourneau

A Lesson on Priorities from R.G. LeTourneau

Robert G. (Gilmour) LeTourneau (1888-1969) was a Christian industrialist who had dedicated himself to being “a businessman for God.”

Thu, Feb 17, 2011
Ruth Wood
Christian Life, Christians, Past and Present (By and About)
eternal perspective, history, stories, story, tale

Written into the Story

Ever since Adam and Eve, God has been writing earth’s most passionate, compelling and powerful drama, a narrative from ancient past to triumphant future, a tale of redemption and hope.

Tue, Nov 09, 2010
Christians, Past and Present (By and About)
bibliography, biographies, books, charles spurgeon, sermons, spurgeon, we shall see god

Resources related to Randy Alcorn’s We Shall See God: Charles Spurgeon’s Classic Devotional Thoughts on Heaven

Bibliography of books authored by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Select Works about Charles Spurgeon, and Logos Resources.

Wed, Sep 22, 2010
Bob Kauflin
Christian Life, Christians, Past and Present (By and About), Church

Great Is Thy Faithfulness: A Hymn for Ordinary Christians

inside church The story behind "Great is Thy Faithfulness" should encourage every Christian who thinks of their life as ordinary. There’s no tragic story (think “It Is Well” by Horatio Spafford) associated with this hymn. It’s just the fruit of a faithful man with a simple faith in a faithful God.

Thomas Chisholm, who sometimes described himself as “just an old shoe,” was born in a Kentucky log cabin in 1866. He was converted when he was 27, became a pastor at 36, but had to retire one year later due to poor health. He spent the majority of the rest of his life as a life insurance agent in New Jersey. He died in 1960 at the age of 93. During his life he wrote over 1200 poems, most of which no one will ever hear.

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In C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce why is there hard grass and undrinkable water?

Question from a reader:

Answer from Randy Alcorn:

What prompted you to write your book We Shall See God?

Question from a reader:

What is the one thing you hope readers will take away from We Shall See God?

Question from a reader:

Answer from Randy Alcorn:

When did you discover Charles Spurgeon?

Question from a reader:

I’ve heard and read that based on some of his beliefs and writings, C.S. Lewis wasn’t born again. What do you think?

You quote from C.S. Lewis often. Do you always agree with him?

Question from a reader:

A Lesson on Priorities from R.G. LeTourneau

Written into the Story

Resources related to Randy Alcorn’s We Shall See God: Charles Spurgeon’s Classic Devotional Thoughts on Heaven

Great Is Thy Faithfulness: A Hymn for Ordinary Christians

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