I couldn’t sleep the night of January 4, 1993, so I turned on the coverage of the execution of Westley Allen Dodd. He was the man who tortured, raped and murdered three young boys in Vancouver, Washington, about twenty minutes from where I live.
Because of Christ’s death on our behalf, forgiveness is available to all.
Looking for a way to reach out, a woman from the Midwest contacted a death-row prison ministry and began writing to a man named Durlyn.
Note from Randy: In response to a question in a college application form, my seventeen-year-old daughter Angela wrote the following. I asked her if we could print it. Nanci and I praise God that both our daughters, by His grace and to His glory, are walking closely with Him. What Angela says here cuts to the heart of the Bible’s teaching about our need for the Savior.
“I can do this. I don’t need any help. I can make it on my own.”
“Strength comes from within. If you believe in yourself, anything is possible. Trusting in anyone ...
A question from a college student, answered by Randy's daughter, Karina, when she also was in college.
I am a senior studying electrical engineering at a California university. I was raised by a Christian family and attended a Christian school up until college.
Maybe it was my exposure to secular education that first caused me to question the fundamentals of my beliefs, though I would like to say it was the rational part of me that naturally led me to question. I don’t like to use the word brainwashed, but I realize it was a one-sided story that ...
There are many rooms in my Father’s home, and I am going to prepare a place for you. … When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. John 14:2-3
Set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits at God’s right hand.…. Let heaven fill your thoughts. Colossians 3:1-2
For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down—when we die and leave these bodies—we will have a home in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. 2 Corinthians 5:1
Biblical Christianity is fundamentally a relationship with Christ, not a religion about Christ.
(The following letter was written to a friend's parents who had lost their son in a tragic accident. Names and identifying information have been changed to protect privacy.)
For every American polled who thinks they are going to Hell, there are 120 who think they’re going to Heaven. Author Randy Alcorn explains that Heaven isn’t our “default destination” and that specific preparation must be made if we are to safely arrive in Heaven.
A recent poll indicated that for every American who believes he or she is going to Hell, there are 120 who believe they’re going to Heaven.
In my book Heaven I explore the beauties, wonders and adventures of resurrected living with the resurrected Jesus on the New Earth. What lies ahead for the follower of Christ is fantastic and thrilling on a cosmic scale. But as I was writing, I thought how ironic and tragic it would be for some readers to get excited about Heaven, then end up assuming they’re going there when in fact they aren’t.
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