Randy Alcorn

Papás (y gran parte de esto también aplica a las mamás), si ya están pasando mucho tiempo con sus hijos, concéntrense en la calidad. Pero si no están pasando suficiente tiempo con sus hijos, o están siendo arrastrados por distracciones constantemente, no intenten compensarlo haciendo que su escaso tiempo sea "calidad". 

We do not just need the individual pearls of truths; we need the string that ties them together. Without the larger picture of God’s unfolding drama of redemption, and without systematic theology, pastors are constantly throwing out pearls to people, but they have no string to put them on and hold them together, and keep them in relation to each other. 

The name Jesus comes from the transliteration of the Greek IESOUS (pronounced ee-ay-soos; there is no J in Greek) from the Hebrew name Yeshua, which means “Yahweh saves.” No matter how it is spelled or pronounced—whether Yeshua, Yēsū, Jesus, or something else—we are told that His name is above all names, and that one day every knee in the universe will bow to Him.

ایک شخص نے مجھ سے پوچھا ، "میں اکثر یہ بات سنتا ہوں کہ "میں خداوند سے ملنے کے لئے تیار ہونا چاہتا ہوں۔" کیا آپ میرے لیے براہ مہربانی اس کی وضاحت کر سکتے ہیں؟

Earlier this month, Paxton Smith, a graduate of the Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, Texas, set aside her approved valedictorian speech and instead spoke about abortion and the threat that Texas’s new heartbeat bill, in her view, poses to young women.

Solo deberíamos tener la mayor confianza en lo que Dios ha prometido en una forma clara, fundamental, y absoluta. Y si a causa de esto se disminuye nuestra gratitud, el problema no son las promesas de Dios, sino nuestras expectativas. Si esperamos que Dios haga nuestra vida fácil, nuestras expectativas no son bíblicas.

The problem is certainly not purity itself! “It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality” (1 Thessalonians 4:3). However, it’s true that one of the weaknesses of the purity movement was the false belief that following a formula of courtship instead of dating will buy you or guarantee you a great marriage.

Based on books I’ve read, sermons I’ve heard, and conversations I’ve had, it’s clear many Christians believe that humanity’s desire for happiness was birthed in the fall and is part of the curse. Hence, the desire to be happy is often assumed to be the desire to sin. But what if our desire for happiness was a gift designed by God before sin entered the world?

神从没保证基督徒的生活会一帆风顺或者更容易。事实上，他应许的恰恰相反：“凡立志在基督耶稣里敬虔度日的，也都要受逼迫。”（提摩太后书3：12）。我们面临巨大困难时不该觉得惊讶。（见彼得前书4：12）