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December 2023

December 18, 2023
Sociologist Christian Smith’s study on generosity yielded this observation: “People rightly say that money cannot...
December 15, 2023
I shared a version of this on Facebook last week but wanted to also post it on...
December 14, 2023
I shared these reflections on my Facebook page last Wednesday, but I wanted to also share them...
December 11, 2023
Stress studies show that a sense of control is essential to mental health. Those who...
December 07, 2023
In this video from my class Eternity 101, I talk about how anticipating Heaven motivates us to live...
December 04, 2023
I once spoke to eighty college students about a sensitive theological question: “Can true Christians...

November 2023

November 30, 2023
Common grace is one of my very favorite doctrines. I so love it and wish...
November 27, 2023
People often say, “We don’t understand now, but in Heaven we’ll know everything.” Is this...
November 23, 2023
It was six years ago, but I remember like yesterday when Nanci and I traveled...
November 20, 2023
If we are going to fully trust God, it’s vital that we believe in a...
November 16, 2023
George Washington Carver (1864–1943) was born into slavery on a Missouri plantation. He was a...
November 13, 2023
During a Q&A interview earlier this year, I was asked “What would you say to...
November 09, 2023
I met Andy Stanley twenty years ago. I found him interesting and likeable. We had...
November 06, 2023
Jesus said, “There is more happiness in giving than in receiving” (Acts 20:25). This is the Good...
November 02, 2023
Psalm 119:107 says, “I have suffered much; preserve my life, O Yahweh, according to your...

October 2023

October 30, 2023
I love this audio devotional from the excellent book Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund. When I really...
October 26, 2023
One of our staff sent me this video about “If Your Bible Was Your Cell Phone…”...
October 23, 2023
Most of us are unaccustomed to thinking of nations, rulers, civilizations, and culture in Heaven,...
October 19, 2023
In my novel Safely Home, I tell the story of two Harvard roommates reunited in China...
October 16, 2023
  Note from Randy: For the last issue of our Eternal Perspectives magazine, we asked several of our...
October 12, 2023
To give lavishly is to be rich toward God; to hoard or spend on ourselves...
October 09, 2023
When Marco Polo returned to Italy from the court of Kublai Khan, he described a...
October 05, 2023
It’s a great mystery that the Bible is an increasingly neglected book. Some who check...
October 02, 2023
The evil of rebellion against God entered the universe through Satan, who dreamed of autonomy...

September 2023

September 28, 2023
A reader asked our ministry, “Will people have technology in Heaven?” Technology is a God-given...
September 25, 2023
John 1:1, 14 tells us Jesus is full of two things: grace and truth. In...
September 23, 2023
During the four years my beloved wife was dying of cancer, she read daily from...
September 18, 2023
A friend asked me for some recommendations for resources on teaching the Bible to children....
September 14, 2023
Our ministry received this letter from a reader of the Heaven book. In her own way, she...
September 04, 2023
I wrote the following on Sunday and shared it on Facebook. It’s an expanded revision...
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