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Why do we love great stories? Because they are pictures of the greatest story. There hasn’t ever been a story yet with people living happily ever after, since people die. But one story will come out that way. It’s a true story, and you and I are part of it.

As a child, I loved to read science fiction and fantasy. I was the kid who, after mom said “lights out,” turned on the flashlight and read comic books and science fiction under the covers. As an adult, I’m still a big science fiction fan.

We know that sixty-six books, those that comprise the Bible, will be in Heaven—”Your Word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens” (Psalm 119:89).

In this recording, Randy Alcorn expands on the ideas presented in his plenary address at the 2011 C.S. Lewis Summer institute at Oxbridge. Randy discusses Heaven, suffering, faith and insights from the life of  C.S. Lewis in the context of a smaller more intimate gathering. This two part session is broken into three audio files, with the first portion emphasizing insights on Romans chapter 8.

In this recording, Randy Alcorn answers a variety of questions related to the topic of Heaven, including questions about the millenial reign of Christ, resurrection, culture on the New Earth, and creation care. Recorded at the 2011 C.S. Lewis Summer institute at Oxbridge.

Our EPM office recently received this note, and I think it inadvertently suggests a strategy for reaching people with the gospel.

I don’t know how many stories like this I’ve heard over the years, but I don’t think we can be too often reminded of what abortion does to women.

Every novelist knows that movies don’t just have plots, they have themes. And in the exploration of those themes there is inevitably a message, whether or not it is carefully crafted.

In these recordings, Randy Alcorn expands on the ideas presented in his plenary address at the 2011 C.S. Lewis Summer institute at Oxbridge. Randy discusses Heaven, suffering, faith and insights from the life of C.S. Lewis in the context of smaller, interactive seminars.

Avoiding frontal hugs is one of the ways a man can pursue modesty and sexual purity.

Some months ago I was contacted by Time magazine reporter Tim Newcomb, who asked me a number of questions about the Courageous movie and the novel. 

Randy Alcorn's plenary address at the C.S. Lewis Summer Institute at Oxbridge July 26 to August 3, 2011. 

I know Zach Hunter. I met him and had dinner with him and his mom after a showing of the movie Amazing Grace, that great movie on the life of the Christian parliamentarian William Wilberforce and his success in passing the laws to ban slavery in England.

Here is a sad and bewildering commentary that captures in one example the utter inefficiency and sometimes craziness of a government that talks about controlling spending, but never seems to actually do it even when it would appear so easy—as in JUST PULL THE PLUG!