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Barnabas Piper's Help My Unbelief, an honest, self-revealing and engaging treatment of an important subject, was just released today, July 1. This winsome and well-reasoned book avoids clichés and easy, superficial answers.

The way to love people is never to celebrate our sin or theirs, our temptations or theirs, but to come in humility as a fellow sinner and point to the One who paid for all our sins on the cross, and offers forgiveness.

For most of us, the list of people we’re longing for reunion with is lengthy. But those who have lost a child, either before or after birth, have one more compelling reason to long for Heaven. 

Last weekend I spoke at my home church, Good Shepherd Community Church in Boring (yes, Boring) Oregon, on the question of why a good God allows evil and suffering. We'd actually planned the discussion prior to the Charleston church murder of nine people at their Wednesday evening Bible study (we began by talking about this tragedy).

In this three-minute video, I talk about the artificial distinction made by many Bible-believing Christians between happiness and joy. (I address this in my book Happiness, which will release this October.)

Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church in Boring, Oregon, on June 20-21, 2015, about what we get to experience because of evil and suffering. For more information, please check out Randy's book If God Is Good.

How Can Suffering Point To God's Existence? from Randy Alcorn on Vimeo. Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church in Boring, Oregon, on June 20-21, 2015, about how suffering points to God's existence. He follows along Tim Keller's book, "The Reason for God." For more information, please check out Randy's book If God Is Good.

How Was Jesus' Suffering Different Than Anyone Else's? from Randy Alcorn on Vimeo. Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church in Boring, Oregon, on June 20-21, 2015, about Jesus' suffering being different than anyone else's. He looks at what Tim Keller says about this in his book, "The Reason for God." For more information, please check out Randy's book If God Is Good.

Randy Alcorn answers the question, "Why is religion liberty important for Christians?" Filmed by The Gospel Coalition.

In this video clip, Randy Alcorn talks about being sent into the world to reach others for Jesus Christ. Filmed by The Gospel Coalition.

Does God Care About My Suffering? from Randy Alcorn on Vimeo. Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church, in Boring, Oregon on June 20-21, 2015 on God caring about our suffering. For more information, please check out Randy's book If God Is Good.

Is It Okay To Question God About My Suffering? from Randy Alcorn on Vimeo. Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church, in Boring, Oregon, on June 20-21, 2015 about asking God questions when we are suffering. For more information, please check out Randy's book If God Is Good.

Jesus Relates To Our Suffering from Randy Alcorn on Vimeo. Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church, in Boring, Oregon, June 20-21, 2015 about Jesus relating to our own personal suffering. For more information, please check out Randy's book If God Is Good.

Am I Promised Health, Wealth, and Ease if I am a Christian? from Randy Alcorn on Vimeo. Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church in Boring, Oregon, on June 20-21, 2015, on whether Christians are promised we won't suffer. He follows along with Tim Keller's book, "The Reason for God". For more information, please check out Randy's book If God Is Good.