Should I Tithe on Gifts and Even Scholarship Money I Receive? article - Randy Alcorn I would tithe on gifts and scholarships because they are true income.
Should We Tithe on the Gross or the Net? article - Randy Alcorn When asked “should we tithe on the gross or the net?” it’s appropriate to ask “What do we want to be blessed on, the gross or the net?”
Should Giving Always Be Kept Secret? article - Randy Alcorn Over the last ten years, I’ve been suggesting that we learn how to share testimonies about giving in order to help the body of Christ grow in the grace of giving.
How Do We Balance Financial Responsibility with the Scriptural Imperative to Give Sacrificially? article - Randy Alcorn There are two sides to the issue of savings. Scripture tells us that the wise man anticipates future needs, while the foolish man spends and consumes all his resources with no thought for the future.
Should the Local Church Receive Peoples’ Tithes Before Other Worthy Needs? article - Randy Alcorn To say that churches should receive the firstfruits does NOT mean they should keep them. They should set the example for their people by giving more to missions and the poor than they keep.
Shouldn’t a Person Give Not Just 10%, But as Much or as Little as the Lord Calls Them to Give? article - Randy Alcorn My stated belief on the tithe is that it is the training wheels of giving, merely a beginning point. As to whether it applies to Christians, the question is whether New Testament grace lowers the standards of giving or raises it.
Encouraging Responses to Randy Alcorn’s Book If God Is Good article - Kathy Norquist Randy's blog I never realized how difficult and time-consuming it is to write a book until I started working for Randy many years ago. Observing the numerous stages of a book before it goes to print has given me a new appreciation for the work of an author.
What Will Our New Bodies Be Like? video - Randy Alcorn In this video clip, Randy Alcorn talks about our new bodies in Heaven.
What Is Heaven? video - Randy Alcorn In this video clip, Randy Alcorn answers the question, "What Is Heaven?" See Randy's book Heaven for more information.
Sexual Immorality and Speeding - Why Obey the Limits? article - Jim Hendershot In working with those who are having trouble becoming free from enslaving sexual sin, I frequently see an interesting pattern of thought: Sin seems to be disconnected from its true consequences.
Sexual Purity article - Randy Alcorn “It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God.” (1 Thessalonians 4:3-5).
Sexual Abuse Can Be an Obstacle to Salvation article - Anonymous Becoming a Christian makes a person clean. However, if the dirtiness that a person feels is not a result of her actions then it is hard to really feel like you’ve been forgiven.
Religious Rights & The Rutherford Institute article - The Rutherford Institute The Rutherford Institute, which exists to defend the eroding rights of Christians, is involved in many legal cases, of which the following are a recent sampling.
Readers' Responses to Safely Home article - Multiple Readers I know this book was fiction, but far too close to the real thing. I have been in Hong Kong several times. There are posters and ads displayed trying to awake us to the horrible things going on in China in order to have organs for trade. Seeing them makes me think of Safely Home. And it makes me very grateful to live where I still have some freedom to try to live by faith. And it makes me pray for the persecuted. — R. T.
Scripture on the Shedding of Innocent Blood article - Randy Alcorn “Do this so that innocent blood will not be shed in your land, which the LORD your God is giving you as your inheritance, and so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.” (Deuteronomy 19:10)