Randy Alcorn

Randy Alcorn teaches on Luke 15 at the Cannon Beach Conference Center.

Randy Alcorn teaches from John 1 at the Cannon Beach Christian Conference Center.

Randy Alcorn answers the question, "How do we overcome giving so much grace to ourselves but not to others?"

Randy Alcorn answers the question, "How do we balance showing grace and truth?"

Randy Alcorn answers the question, "Why is it important to hear truth conveyed with grace?"

Randy Alcorn answers the question, "Why do we need a balance of grace and truth?"

Conservatives emphasize truth (morals), liberals emphasize grace (compassion).

God has created each of us with certain desires that correspond to certain motivations. Each of us has built-in desires for pleasure, possessions, and power. At first this may sound unbiblical, because we have come to think of these things as temptations.

Bara is used of man’s creation, which is not ex nihilo but out of the earth (Gen. 1:26, 5:1, etc.). So the word is NOT restricted to making something out of nothing (as is often stated), but includes making something out of what already exists.