Finding Happiness Even in Hard Times: My Interview with Brain Surgeon Dr. Lee Warren

Last updated on: March 25, 2022 at 1:43 pm By Randy Alcorn

A few weeks ago I had a delightful conversation with Dr. Lee Warren for his podcast about my book Happiness. We talked about what true happiness is, and how to find delight even in the midst of difficult circumstances. Dr. Warren is a brain surgeon, inventor, Iraq War veteran, and author of I’ve Seen the End of You: A Neurosurgeon’s Look at Faith, Doubt, and the Things We Think We Know. He honestly was one of the most thoughtful interviewers I’ve ever interacted with. (And we shared... Read more

How Should We Live Today in Light of Heaven?

Last updated on: March 25, 2022 at 1:43 pm By Randy Alcorn

We’re told that we are aliens and strangers in this world, and should be longing for a better country (Hebrews 11:13-16). However, that better country isn’t up in the clouds—it’s down on the New Earth. Scripture says, “in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness” (2 Peter 3:13). Yet very few Christians I’ve spoken with really are looking forward to the New Earth God promises us. We... Read more

Honest Faith

Last updated on: March 25, 2022 at 1:37 pm By Randy Alcorn

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning. O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I have no rest. Yet You are holy, O You who are enthroned upon the praises ofIsrael. In You our fathers trusted; They trusted and You delivered them. To You they cried out and were delivered; In You they trusted and were not disappointed. —Psalm... Read more

An Update on My Precious Wife Nanci

Last updated on: March 25, 2022 at 1:34 pm By Randy Alcorn

[originally written March 9, 2022] Last Thursday, after six days of increasingly poor health, Nanci was admitted to the hospital Emergency Room. She has since come home from the hospital, and a hospital bed has been moved into our room with a recliner next to it for me or others. Things have radically changed since Thursday. Nanci has been in an altered state mentally. We don’t know if that’s temporary or permanent. My daughters Karina and Angela and I were... Read more

Don’t Fall for Our Society’s Incessant Either/Or Mentality

Last updated on: February 28, 2022 at 1:56 pm By Randy Alcorn

Abigail Dodds is the author of (A)Typical Woman: Free, Whole, and Called in Christ and a regular contributor at Desiring God. She also blogs at Hope and Stay. I love her insights, and want to share what she posted on Facebook last year. Abigail is making a series of balanced points that remind us we shouldn’t buy into the myth that when we have one belief we must dismiss as evil or stupid every belief of those who disagree. Read slowly and carefully and... Read more

Sexual Sin Is Not Inevitable

Last updated on: February 28, 2022 at 1:50 pm By Randy Alcorn

A few years back, a church not far from where I live announced that they’d dismissed their nationally known senior pastor for adultery. I have seen this happen again and again and again—in churches, ministries, businesses, entertainment, sports and everywhere else. Satan paints a target on each of our chests. But we have a choice about whether Satan will hit that target. Sexual sin is NOT inevitable. Many Christians are seeking God’s will in any number of areas. A good... Read more

Meet the Son of Holocaust Survivors Who Advocated for the Unborn, Targeted in the Holocaust of Abortion

Last updated on: February 28, 2022 at 1:47 pm By Randy Alcorn

One day I sat on a plane next to a young man, an intelligent college graduate, who told me he believed evil doesn’t exist. “If there’s no such thing as evil,” I said, “then the Holocaust wasn’t evil. Is that what you believe?” He grimaced, then finally, stammering, said, “Well, I guess the Holocaust was a mistake.” I suggested to him that in his heart he must know it was something far worse. Years before Nanci and I had an... Read more

Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp’s Example of Boldly Acknowledging Christ

Last updated on: February 28, 2022 at 1:44 pm By Randy Alcorn

I enjoyed Sports Spectrum’s article Rams WR Cooper Kupp finds ultimate purpose in honoring God on journey to Super Bowl. It included these two short videos of Kupp being interviewed before the game: “You will find you are most fulfilled and most joy when you are rooted in your purpose.”@RamsNFL wide receiver Cooper Kupp shares how he finds his purpose in Christ@CooperKupp pic.twitter.com/ZOk9wzEFku — Sports Spectrum (@Sports_Spectrum) February 8, 2022 This interaction between @CooperKupp and a kid reporter ❤️ ????: #SBOpeningNight live on NFL Twitter pic.twitter.com/4AUVcQrQlY — NFL (@NFL) February... Read more

Does Isaiah 65:17 Mean We Won’t Remember Our Previous Lives When We’re in Heaven?

Last updated on: February 28, 2022 at 1:37 pm By Randy Alcorn

One of the questions I’m often asked about Heaven relates to Isaiah 65:17. A reader recently asked, “What does it mean ‘the former things will not be remembered nor will they come to mind’? Is this speaking about the old earth itself or are we not going to have any memories of the past including family, friends, talents, life?” I share some thoughts related to this verse in a video answer, and more in the text below: Isaiah 65:17 is linked to the... Read more

Pray for the Precious People of Ukraine (and Russia), Traumatized by War

Last updated on: February 28, 2022 at 1:40 pm By Randy Alcorn

“When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, But when a wicked man rules, people groan.” (Proverbs 29:2) The sight of Russian tanks rolling into Ukraine will never be forgotten by many of us. Incredibly, Russian President Vladimir Putin, now a war criminal, asserted that Ukraine does not truly exist as a nation. The sense of entitlement and the implicit return to the mindset of the old USSR, dismantled 31 years ago, was and is stunning. Here’s a video of a Ukrainian... Read more