Resources by Topic: Christian Life

Randy Alcorn talks about why he does what he does, speaking to a group of CEO's (both secular and Christian).

A man working with one of our ministry partners in the Middle East recently attended a men’s conference in a closed country, and shared this video with us. He writes, “While I was at the conference, I was again deeply encouraged by how God is working. And I was moved to see the deep hunger to study God's word. As I sat next to one young leader during a discussion, I noticed his Bible. It is perhaps the most beautiful Bible I've seen. I took a short video which I have attached here for you... It’s just a few seconds long and I believe you'll be encouraged to see it.” Learn more about this ministry at www.elam.com.

That’s a great question. I think there’s a couple of different strategies. 

Over the years I’ve bought and read thousands of good books. I cannot divorce God's works of grace in my life from great books. 

In Fall 2013, Randy Alcorn was interviewed by the Lighthouse Report about his Eternity Graphic Novel. 

Question from a reader: Do you think that how you dress is important when you attend church? Isn’t that part of showing respect for the things of the Lord?

In part two of this two part video interview, I sit down with Jason, a young pastor I just met, and we discuss some questions he has about ministry, including how to jump in now and serve the Lord while also setting aside time to grow in wisdom and understanding.

In part one of this two part video interview, I sit down with Jason, a young pastor I just met, and we discuss some questions he has about ministry.

Well, it sounds like there are only two options, hope and destruction. Let me say this: will the world come to an end someday? Yes. The world as it presently is, we’re told in 2 Peter 3, will face a final judgment. 

John Donne wrote, “As he that fears God, fears nothing else. So he that sees God, sees everything else.”

Brandon Andersen with The Resurgence has written great advice to men on relationships. Here's a summary of his article with some of his quotes in italics, and then my own thoughts added in.

A. W. Tozer said, “Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a full Christian.” I think God has revealed to us what Scripture calls the whole counsel of God.

Like a parent, God delights to reward His children for what they have done. Randy Alcorn asserts that to want reward is not a selfish thing. He clarifies that selfishness is wanting something at the expense of another, but God's rewards are not limited, so for one person to receive ongoing rewards does not diminish the rewards available to another person. In God's system, everyone gains and no one loses. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Blaise Pascal said that, like a dethroned monarch who craves for the influence he or she lost, we often feel a similar impotence to accomplish great things for God. Though the fall has diminished our ability to accomplish as much as may want to, we don't have to wait for heaven to operate within a God given sphere of influence. Randy Alcorn reminds us that God has given us a sphere of influence and we should serve Him faithfully in it. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.