What Is the New Earth? What Will It Be Like? article - Randy Alcorn The New Earth will still be Earth just as we, in our new bodies, will still be ourselves.
What Is the Poem You Refer to as One of Your Favorites in the Heaven Book and Who Wrote it? article - Randy Alcorn Calvin Miller, The Divine Symphony
Writing Safely Home article - Randy Alcorn Without a doubt, in terms of their global impact the two most significant countries on the planet are China and the United States. As recent events have shown, the countries have a profoundly uneasy relationship. Safely Home is a tale of two countries, embodied in two men, Ben Fielding and Li Quan. These characters and their families came alive for me, and I pray they will for readers too.
You Include a lot of Scripture in Your Books, Sometimes Even in Your Fiction. And You Also Talk about Different Doctrines and Theology. Is that Necessary? article - Randy Alcorn Yes, it is. There are a lot of doctrines (beliefs/teachings) in this world, including doctrines of cultures, institutions and personal opinion. There’s a lot of false doctrine, and good doctrine is the only correction to it.
You Said in Your Heaven Book that Only God Will Be Infinite in Heaven. What Is the Difference between Infinite and Eternal? article - Randy Alcorn The word “infinite,” in Christian theology, has meant “without limit.” “Eternal” means everlasting, without end.
Can People in Heaven Still See Things Happening on Earth? article - Randy Alcorn Question from a reader: You say in your book that people in Heaven can witness events happening on earth. But what about Isaiah 65:17, which says in heaven “the former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind”? Whatever this verse means, it specifically comes after the New Heavens and New Earth, not before. Hence, it has no bearing at all on the question of whether saints presently in heaven can witness events happening on earth.
You Say that There Isn't Strong Biblical Support for Limited Atonement. I Disagree. article - Randy Alcorn If there is a plane crash in which all 345 passengers die isn’t it accurate to say “Many died in that plane crash”? (If Christ died for everyone, for billions of people, that certainly qualifies as many.) Now if someone said, “many, but not all, died in that plane crash” that would be different.
What Does the Term “Second Adam” Mean When Referring to Christ in Your Heaven Book? article - Randy Alcorn I agree it would be better to say “Last Adam” and I will be making this change in a future edition to eliminate any confusion.
“JOY TO THE WORLD,” A Play Based on Safely Home article - Judith Randall A play based on Randy Alcorn's book, Safely Home.
Tim Tebow Super Bowl Commercial: Thank you, Sally Jenkins article - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post wrote a thoughtful, honest and refreshingly sane rebuttal to the bitter and intolerant outcry against the Tebow commercial that will run during the Super Bowl.
What Factors Should We Consider in Interpreting a Passage of Scripture? article - Randy Alcorn Because the inspired writers chose their words to communicate meaning to specific audiences, the interpreter seeks to understand the text as it would most likely have been understood by its original readers
What Happens to Toddlers in Heaven? article - Randy Alcorn Heaven isn’t a place of confusion, but clarity.
What Has Been the Most Challenging Work You Have Written so Far? article - Randy Alcorn The most challenging nonfiction has been Heaven. The most challenging fiction has been Dominion.
What Inspired You to Write Deadline? article - Randy Alcorn I wrote it because I wanted readers to see that at the heart of life is the choice of what we believe.
What Is a Godly Perspective on Doing Good Works? article - Randy Alcorn We have so emphasized the idea of never acting in our own self-interest, that we ignore the continuous appeals of Scripture to be motivated by the fact that following our Lord is not only right, but smart. And sin is not only wrong, but stupid.