A Challenge for American Believers to Remember and Write for the Rest of the World, Too

By Randy Alcorn | March 9, 2018

We don’t have to feel badly about writing specifically to people who live in places and situations similar to us, but there is power in focusing on God’s Word and writing about how it applies to our lives, regardless of where and how we live.

An Important Case Concerning Pregnancy Resource Centers Is Headed to the Supreme Court March 20

By Randy Alcorn | March 7, 2018

"The state of California has enacted a law, the so-called FACT Act, that requires pro-life crisis-pregnancy centers to prominently place a notice informing clients that California offers low-cost and even free abortions."

Understanding What Life Looks Like for Billions of People Worldwide Can Change Yours

By Randy Alcorn | March 5, 2018

In his book The Great Ascent: The Struggle for Economic Development in Our Time, economist Robert Heilbroner recommended visualizing ourselves doing the following, step by step. 

How Can Parents Encourage Kids to Own Their Faith as They Grow Up?

By Trevin Wax | March 2, 2018

I’ve written before about the concerning trend of young people who’ve been raised in the church but are leaving it as they grow up. Many of us are acutely aware of the problem, but less certain about what parents can actually do to encourage kids to make their faith their own. 

God’s Glory, Our Good

By Randy Alcorn | February 28, 2018

Satan has conned many people into a twisted view of the Christian life. We imagine that God calls us to do things that won’t be good for us, while the unbelievers are out there having all the fun. 

Billy Graham, George Beverly Shea, and Cliff Barrows: Three Faithful Men All Now with Jesus

By Randy Alcorn | February 26, 2018

Last week, 99-year-old Billy Graham entered the presence of Jesus. In 1970, as a brand new Christian, I heard Billy Graham for the first time at a crusade in Portland, Oregon. His friend George Beverly Shea, the soloist who preceded Billy in song in Crusades over the span of nearly sixty years, sang How Great Thou Art. 

He Who Never Forsakes You Will Restore Your Soul

By Jon Bloom | February 23, 2018

I love the psalms, because of their beauty and because the wide range of emotions they contain grant us permission to express to God our honest questions, doubts, griefs, and despair. My friend Jon Bloom, board chair and co-founder of Desiring God, wrote about two back-to-back psalms and the powerful message their proximity expresses.

When Weakness and Limitations Make You Feel You Don’t Have Much to Offer

By Ana Harris | February 21, 2018

Back when I started my blog, I recommended the excellent book Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris, who are both Christ-centered young men of character and vision.  A few years ago, Brett’s wife Ana was diagnosed with late stage Lyme Disease. Life has been extremely difficult for them, but I’ve been touched by their faith in Jesus and commitment to each other throughout their trials.

Don’t Be Afraid of Trying and Failing

By Randy Alcorn | February 19, 2018

Most of us aren’t professional athletes, but career disappointments and personal failures in family relationships and whatever we do are just some of the many ways we become disillusioned. Listen to quarterback Nick Foles talk about how past failures have shaped him as a person.

Will We Have Our Own Homes in Heaven?

By Randy Alcorn | February 16, 2018

The New International Version rendering of John 14:2 is this: “In my Father’s house are many rooms. . . . I am going there to prepare a place for you.” Place is singular, but rooms is plural. This suggests Jesus has in mind for each of us an individual dwelling that’s a smaller part of the larger place. This place will be home to us in the most unique sense.