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In this article, Pastor Steve Bateman shares advice to help pastors finish serving Jesus well. It’s applicable to all believers, whether they have a public ministry or not.

In Matthew 5:29, Jesus says: “If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.” Jesus is using hyperbole to emphasize how seriously we need to take our sin.

In Randy’s conversation with Davey Blackburn from Nothing Is Wasted Ministries, they discuss what it will be like to live on the New Earth—finally free from the curse, in awe of God’s glory! Randy explains how looking forward to life on the New Earth shapes how we view this present life under the curse.

Randy was a guest on the Joni and Friends Ministry Podcast to discuss the powerful and counter-intuitive truth that, no matter your circumstances, you can discover that “giving is the good life.” 

Randy had a conversation with Don Cousins, senior lead pastor of Discovery Church in Orlando. They spoke about what to expect on the New Earth, storing up treasures in Heaven, and how events in Randy’s life have shaped him.

Randy had a conversation with Chris Beard at The People’s Church in Cincinnati. They spoke about Randy’s writing, the New Earth, and living in light of Heaven.

Jim Abernethy, a well-known diver and underwater photographer, works primarily with sharks. Years ago in the Bahamas, Jim encountered a large tiger shark he named Emma. 

Randy Alcorn filmed six 15- to 20-minute teaching sessions to be used in conjunction with the Happiness Bible Study Book.

The ESV Study Bible (which Randy recommends) says of Ezekiel 40-48: “Almost all interpreters agree that Ezekiel 40-48 is one of the most difficult passages in the entire Bible.”

Recently I shared Isaiah 43:19 with our Eternal Perspective Ministries staff. I was so moved by that verse that I looked it up in every translation, via Bible Gateway. 

We asked commenters on my Facebook page, “What excites you most about living on the New Earth?” Wow, the responses were so great. Here are a number of them, and I hope they encourage you to anticipate our eternal home.

This is one of those topics that we have to hold loosely in both hands because it involves paradox. In God’s mind, two things can be true at once even though to us they appear to be at odds. Scripture puts several such concepts before us.

What would keep us out of Heaven is universal: “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Because we are sinners, we cannot enter Heaven as we are. Unless our sin problem is resolved, the only place we will go is our true default destination . . . Hell.

I assume you are referring to the idea that a cardinal represents the memory, or sense of connection, with a loved one who has died? Or some seem to go as far as to say it’s a loved one sending a message.