Randy Alcorn

The presence of God is the essence of Heaven. John Milton put it, “Thy presence makes our Paradise, and where Thou art is Heaven.” Heaven will be a physical extension of God’s goodness.

The more famous someone becomes, the harder it is to cultivate and retain virtue. The bigger your image, the more it tends to eclipse your character. In today’s social media world, instead of building character, many people just build image.

زیاتر لە چوار ساڵ هاوسەرە خۆشەویستەکەم نانسی رووبەڕووی شێرپەنجە بووەوە، چەندین هەواڵی خۆش و چەندین هەواڵی ناخۆشمان پێدەگەیشت. ئێمە کەشتی خولاوەی هەستەکانمان لێدەخوڕی لەمیانەی سێ نەشتەرگەریەکانی و سێ قۆناغی تیشکلێدان و سێ قۆناغی چارەسەری کیمیایی.

ลองจินตนาการว่าคุณเป็นส่วนหนึ่งของทีม NASA ที่กำลังเตรียมตัวสำหรับภารกิจห้าปีไปยังดาวอังคารหลังจากผ่านการฝึกอย่างเข้มข้นมาเป็นระยะเวลาหนึ่งในที่สุดวันปล่อยจรวดก็มาถึงขณะที่จรวดกำลังยกตัวนักบินอวกาศคนหนึ่งของคุณถามว่า“คุณรู้อะไรเกี่ยวกับดาวอังคารบ้าง?”  

제사랑하는아내낸시는 4년여간암과투쟁했습니다. 그중에는많은좋은소식도, 나쁜소식도있었습니다. 3번의수술과 3번의방사선요법, 3번의화학요법을거치는동안우리는마치롤러코스터를타는감정이었습니다.

កាលពីជាងបួនឆ្នាំមុន ណានស៊ី ភរិយាជាទីស្រឡាញ់របស់ខ្ញុំបានកើតជំងឺមហារីក មានរបាយណ៍ល្អ និងអាក្រក់ជាច្រើន។ យើងបានជួបជាមួយអារម្មណ៍រីករាយ និងទុក្ខសោកលាយឡំគ្នាក្នុងអំឡុងពេលវះកាត់បីលើក បាញ់កាំរស្មីបីដង និងបញ្ចូលគីមីបីដងរបស់នាង។

Someone can certainly say it has worked fine for them, and sometimes it does, but it doesn't change my conviction that “most of the time” it’s not a wise financial decision.

Today is the 33rd anniversary of the death of my childhood best friend, Jerry. In God’s providence, earlier this summer I ran across my 2007 blog about him. I’m reposting it in honor of my friend, and in the hope that readers will find this tribute to friendship to be encouraging. 

This Wednesday, October 8, is the 44th anniversary of the death of my precious mother, Lucille Vivian Tovrea Alcorn. Hardly a day goes by where I don’t think of her and thank God for her.