Randy Alcorn

There are easily more than fifty faithful believers among the players and coaches on the remaining eight playoff teams this weekend. If you’re not a football fan you probably don’t care, but this serves as a reminder that God has His people everywhere. 

In this excerpt from his 2018 book God’s Grace in Your Suffering, David Powlison writes about how God changes our “Why me?” questions in suffering. 

Most proposed solutions to the problem of evil and suffering have been around for a long time; “open theism” is recent. Open theists believe that God does not and cannot know in advance the future choices that his free creatures will make.

Nanci and I love The Valley of Vision, which is a collection of brief and profound Puritan prayers compiled by Arthur Bennett. We find them powerful and penetrating.

A reader asked me, “The last part of Isaiah 11:9 says, ‘For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.’ Most of the things I’ve read focus on the first part of the verse, which says, ‘They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain.’ What are your thoughts on this beautiful promise in Isaiah 11:9 and how it relates to the New Earth?”

Here's my suggestion for this year: tell yourself you will read a minimum of ten minutes before watching something or looking at a device. I guarantee you that if you do this every day, some days you will never turn on the TV.

Like many others, I deeply loved British pastor-scholar John Stott (1921-2011) and appreciate his books and contribution to the church of Christ. He had a great impact on me as a young Christian. 

Comment pourrions-nous être réconciliés avec un Dieu qui déteste le mal ? C'est là le principal problème de l'humanité depuis le début de l'Histoire. Afin de pouvoir contempler Dieu dans le paradis, quelque chose doit changer radicalement. Pour résoudre ce problème, la meilleure solution jamais imaginée est requise.

We need to explain to our unbelieving friends that it makes no sense at all to reject Jesus because some of His followers, including us, can sometimes be hypocritical. What, after all, is the gospel all about? Is it about us? No!