The Holiday Season, and Precious Times with Our Kids and Grandkids

By Randy Alcorn November 16, 2020

Last December, in that pretty normal year called 2019, our daughter Karina Franklin and her family flew up from California to join Nanci and me along with our daughter Angela Stump and her family. Because of this weird season of COVID that began less than three months later, that was the last time our whole family was together.

The Stand That Saved a Child’s Life

By Randy Alcorn November 13, 2020

In response to my blog post Is It Judgmental and Unloving to Believe That Abortion Is Child-Killing?, a reader shared this touching true story.

How Do We Forgive Those Who Wrong Us and Either Can’t or Won’t Ask for Forgiveness?

By David Powlison November 11, 2020

I personally benefited from David Powlison's outstanding book Good and Angry, and highly recommend it. Here David addresses Jesus’ teaching on forgiveness, and how that works when those who’ve wronged us either can’t or won’t ask for forgiveness.

Will Our Time and Efforts Invested in Hobbies Be Considered Worthless at the Judgment Seat of Christ?

By Randy Alcorn November 9, 2020

When we worship God as God, everything else falls into place—and hobbies, sports, music, reading, and entertainment can all enrich our lives as intended. Scripture gives us this command: “Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). 

God Is Enough for You and the Emptiness You Feel

By Randy Alcorn November 6, 2020

Nancy Guthrie says so often we see emptiness in our lives as our biggest problem. But when God looks at the empty place, He sees it as His greatest opportunity.  

Our Sovereign King Is Always on His Throne

By Randy Alcorn November 4, 2020

There is great comfort in acknowledging and embracing Scripture’s teaching that God is sovereign over human events, including the outcome of elections.

Breathe in the Happiness of Heaven

By Randy Alcorn November 2, 2020

In our fallen world, troubles are constant. Happy people look beyond their difficult circumstances to Someone whose grace brings light to the darkness and smiles to our faces in the most unlikely moments.

Racism Can Be Seen in Our Low Expectations of Others

By Randy Alcorn October 30, 2020

Racism among conservatives sometimes (by no means always) takes the classic and more obvious form. Among liberals however, it often takes the paternalistic form of “you can’t take care of yourselves so you must depend on us to take care of you, and that’s how we earn your votes.” Both are racist and demeaning in their own ways.

When We Disagree, What Are We Really Arguing About?

By Kevin DeYoung October 28, 2020

I recently shared on  my blog a message that I recorded for my home church on Romans 14, called When Christians Disagree About Beliefs and Actions. The following article from Kevin DeYoung is perfectly consistent with the primary v. secondary or first level/second level/third-level approach I talk about in my message.

What’s Missin’ These Days: Obadiah Abernathy Reminisces

By Randy Alcorn October 26, 2020

When I’m asked who my favorite character from all my novels is, I always say it’s Obadiah Abernathy in Dominion, who played baseball in the old Negro leagues. He modeled dignity, grace, wisdom, and humor. In this excerpt from the book, Obadiah talks to his family about church in the old days, and the Heaven that’s coming and won’t ever end.