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God uses our suffering in this broken world, in many forms (including infertility and grief), to conform us to His image and to cause us to place our hope in Him alone. Only He can bring beauty out of such ashes.

In order to delight and meditate on the law of the Lord, we must understand correctly what Scripture actually says.

Something radical and transformative happens when someone chooses to follow Christ; Jesus calls it being born again (John 3:3). While salvation is 100% His work, and we can’t contribute to it, as a joyful result of being His disciples, we are called to take up our cross and follow Jesus daily.

The presence of God is the essence of Heaven. John Milton put it, “Thy presence makes our Paradise, and where Thou art is Heaven.” Heaven will be a physical extension of God’s goodness.

The most liberating truth, the most happy-making reality, is that my redemption does not depend on me. It was accomplished by the God-Man Jesus. As Revelation 5 demonstrates, only Christ is worthy to accomplish redemption.

Our culture tells us that we have to constantly be doing, and the more people see us doing, the better. If we haven’t checked off dozens of to-do boxes each day, we’re not worthwhile. God doesn’t see things that way.

Tragically,  most people do not find their joy in Christ and Heaven. In fact, many people find no joy at all when they think about Heaven.

Yes, I think Genesis 1-2 is the best argument for caring for the earth since Adam and Eve were given responsibility for the garden and the animals.

When God calls upon us to deny ourselves and follow Him, what appears to be our loss is in fact our gain. Should we want to gain our lives or lose our lives? Losing our lives in Christ is the means to the end of joyfully gaining them!

A brand new book is out, The Good Investor by Robin C. John, that I think should be read by every Christ-follower who gives financial advice or invests in companies, even if it’s only through a retirement plan. 

Writing about this verse, Randy says, “‘All things’ is broad and comprehensive (ESV, NASB, LSB, NCV). Of all things in Heaven and on Earth, absolutely nothing will be left out. All will be brought under the rule of Jesus (with the specific, designated exceptions of fallen angels and people who reject salvation in Christ).”

I am all for miracles, and I believe God does them. But I am skeptical at times because sometimes these claims are unaccompanied by the disciplines of godly living.

The Bible must be read as it was intended. There are so many different types of writing—historical narratives, apocalyptic (revelatory), wisdom literature, etc. Its cohesiveness is supernatural…no other book even comes close. From beginning to end it’s the story of God’s unending effort to bring humans back into relationship with Him.

In this clip from a student session at the Kingdom Advisors Conference, Randy uses the illustration of living for the line, not the dot, to show the importance of living with a heavenly perspective.