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Why Do You Refer to Elizabeth Taylor in Your Book Safely Home?

Why Do You Refer to Elizabeth Taylor in Your Book Safely Home?

article - Randy Alcorn

The Liz Taylor reference ties to the earlier one in which, on earth, Ben Fielding has no clue who Hudson Taylor is, and Li Quan has no idea who Elizabeth Taylor is.

Why Do You Say the Bride of Christ Is the Church?

article - Ron Norquist, Randy Alcorn

In some passages the bride is the Church.

Why Do You Seldom Hear About Christ's Ascension?

article - Randy Alcorn

It’s true that the ascension is a neglected doctrine. It was considered more important to earlier generations of Christians than it is today.  One remarkable thing about the ascension is that it affirms Christ’s physical body went into Heaven following his resurrection. This is what the creeds call his “self-same body,” stating that likewise our self-same bodies will be restored in our resurrection.

Why Do You Think Multi-Level Marketing Can Lead to Materialism?

article - Randy Alcorn

Materialism is often a big part of it, but those in it think it isn’t because they give some of the money away.

Why Does Focus on the Family Take a Stand Against Emergency Contraception (EC) but Not the Birth Control Pill (BCP)?

article - William L. Toffler M.D.

There is (at least in my mind and many others) an inconsistency in our position statement. I believe that there is considerable evidence that so-called birth control pills (BCPs) do have a significant post-ovulatory (abortifacient) effect.

Why Do You Think Prolife Physicians Who Prescribe Oral Contraceptives Have Vested Interest in Doing So?

article - Randy Alcorn

In my opinion it would be unwise to not recognize that everyone, including you and me, has vested interests.

Why Do You Think That Atheism Inevitably Leads to Materialism?

article - Paul Martin

I think what Randy is addressing in the article is the inevitable outcome of a philosophy taken to its logical conclusions.

When Sex Becomes Sin

article - Randy Alcorn

“How can anything so good be so bad?” If sex is as good as we portrayed it in the previous chapter, why is it that many sexual acts are condemned in Scripture?

When Were Angels Created?

article - Marshall Beretta

Leave it to a child to ask a great question which has no definitive Biblical answer. Here is what we know.

When Writing About the New Earth, Did You Mean to Leave out the New Jerusalem, which Is the Final Heaven, and Is Described in Rev. 21 and 22?

article - Randy Alcorn

The point is where the New Jerusalem is located. It is brought down to the New Earth and is the capital city of the New Earth.

When You Write, What Sort of Theological "Puzzles" Have You Had to Sort Through to Your Own Satisfaction Before You Could Continue with the Story?

When You Write, What Sort of Theological "Puzzles" Have You Had to Sort Through to Your Own Satisfaction Before You Could Continue with the Story?

article - Randy Alcorn

One example would be the problem of evil and suffering that plagues Ollie in my novel Deception.

Where Did You Get the Ideas for the "Chair of Honor" and the Reverence for the Bible Box in Safely Home?

article - Randy Alcorn

The box was based upon an experience a friend of mine had in Moscow back in 1990 where they were passing out free Bibles to people.

Where Do People Get Their Theological Beliefs?

article - Randy Alcorn

Our theology tends to come from whatever we trust.

Where Do We Get Our Misconceptions about Heaven?

article - Randy Alcorn

Satan labors to give people an inaccurate view of heaven.

Where Do You Stand on the Calvinism and Arminianism Debate, and What Resources Do You Recommend?

article - Randy Alcorn

I came to Christ in a church that was Arminian, so that was naturally my early leaning. I went to a Bible college and seminary that were both middle of the road where neither hard core Calvinism nor Arminianism often surfaced in class, though on a continuum, some faculty would lean more toward one than the other.