Randy Alcorn

Out of the appallingly bad came what was inexpressibly good. And the good trumps the bad because the bad was temporary while the good is eternal. God’s love and grace come to us soaked in divine blood.

We may sometimes be able to fool ourselves and others, but never God. He knows what we’re thinking about and what we’re doing. And it is His appraisal of our life that ultimately matters.

Problemi më i madh i historisë është se si mund të pajtohemi me një Perëndi që e urren të keqen. Para se ta shohim Perëndinë në qiell, duhet të ndodhë një ndryshim rrënjësor. Kjo kërkon as më pak e as më shumë sesa zgjidhjen më të madhe që është menduar ndonjëherë.

John Calvin said, “While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.” One reason is because we’re sinners. Another is because the average person wouldn’t imagine that happiness could be found in God.

On March 13, I lost a dear friend in John Perkins; on March 19, I lost a very close friend, Carlos “Chuck” Norris (I will eventually write my thoughts about him, now is just too soon); and tomorrow, Saturday, March 28 is the fourth anniversary of Nanci's death.

Our grief has an expiration date. The world as it is now is under the curse, but God will lift it once and for all: “No longer will there be any curse” (Revelation 22:3).

In this clip from a conversation with Rob West on Faith and Finance, Randy references 1 Timothy 6 to address the tension that exists between enjoying what God has gifted us with, and giving generously.

In this clip from a conversation with Rob West on Faith and Finance, Randy discusses how we are to be stewards of God’s possessions. Using the analogy of a FedEx worker, Randy explains that God has entrusted money to us, and our job is not to keep it, but to get it to where He wants it to go.

In this clip from a conversation with Rob West on Faith and Finance, Randy says that if we store up our treasures in heaven, we are always moving towards them we get closer to the day we die. Giving is what shifts our treasures and our hearts toward heaven.