Randy Alcorn

Un lecteur nous interpelle : Mes deux parents sont de bonnes personnes, mais aucun d’eux n’a accepté Christ. De plus, ils sont sceptiques en ce qui concerne la religion organisée. Je sens que leur temps s'épuise rapidement et je sais que si je ne leur dis pas la vérité, personne ne le fera. Pouvez-vous me suggérer la meilleure manière d'aborder le Christ avec mes parents non sauvés d'une manière aimante mais convaincante?

Malheureusement, cette idée que le Paradis sera ennuyeux est répandue, même parmi les chrétiens. Parfois, nous ne parvenons pas à imaginer que nous ferons bien plus que jouer de la harpe et polir des rues pavées d'or. Nous avons succombé aux stratagèmes de Satan qui nous pousse à « proférer des blasphèmes contre Dieu, pour insulter son nom et son tabernacle, ceux qui habitent dans le ciel. » (Apocalypse 13:6 Traduction Segond 21)

This article by Jonathan Tjarks is a helpful reminder that most of the people around us embrace the idea of a build-it-yourself spirituality, though they likely don’t realize it. But such beliefs are ultimately hopeless and empty. So may we boldly share the good news about Jesus and the truth, grace, and hope He offers! 

If "believe" and "repent" and "come" don’t actually mean what those words mean, at least in some sense, it would be misleading and even heretical for Scripture itself to use them, which in fact it does. We should ask ourselves why. And we should not object to believers using the very words Scripture does.

A few years ago I was a guest on Desiring God’s Ask Pastor John podcast. In this episode, host Tony Reinke and I discuss the question, “What age will I appear in Heaven?” The following is a lightly edited transcript, and you can also listen to the audio of our conversation.

Si vous êtes en proie à des phobies particulières, si vous avez régulièrement peur que vos proches, ou vous-mêmes, soient blessés ou tués, si vous avez peur pour n'importe quelle autre raison, voici quelques idées pour apprendre à les maîtriser.

Thirty years ago I spent many hours in a Portland library reading and photocopying article after article in years of original issues of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger’s Birth Control Review. I was shocked at the blatant racism I found.

I respect friends who hold to the gap theory and day age and the variants, and appreciate their insistence on inspiration. Yet when I listen to Hugh Ross and others, including Walter Kaiser, I’m still left feeling it’s obvious that no one would ever have come up with such interpretations except to solve a problem. And how many problems of one era disappeared on their own, only to leave believers with a strange biblical interpretation the text doesn’t and never did support?

Over the years, I’ve talked to many parents who experience guilt over the struggles of their grown kids. The following are some thoughts I’ve shared from time to time, including with friends who have grown children who aren’t following Christ and making wise decisions.