Randy Alcorn

We received this thought-provoking letter from a reader named Richard Higby. As you read, consider what it might look like for your family and church to implement his idea of a day celebrating and looking forward to Christ's return and the coming New Earth.

In April, Pastor John MacArthur made some comments about PTSD, OCD, and ADHD that have created a firestorm of discussion among Christians about the subject of mental health. Some believers strongly disagree with him; others agree. I think this is a good opportunity for Christians to think critically about this subject, and have honest conversations about mental health and where our approach needs adjusting.

One of the many problems facing Western society is that we worship youth and make the elderly disposable. God’s perspective on the elderly is vastly different. 

Before my mother would make a cake, she used to lay the ingredients on the kitchen counter. One day I tasted the individual ingredients for a chocolate cake. Judging by the taste of each component, I never would have believed cake could taste so good! In a similar way, the individual ingredients of trials and apparent tragedies taste bitter to us.

I have often wished I could call up recordings of conversing with people I’ve met at churches, conventions, airports, and many more places. I suspect we will be able to recall conversations and “chance” meetings when we see those people again in Heaven.

Ich habe das folgende Material im Laufe der Jahre entwickelt und vielen jungen Menschen und ihren Eltern vorgestellt. Als meine inzwischen verheirateten Töchter Teenager waren, habe ich es weiter verbessert, um es mit ihnen und den jungen Männern, die mit ihnen ausgehen wollten, zu teilen und zu besprechen. Es folgt eine gekürzte Version des ausführlichen Materials „Guidelines for Sexual Purity.“

ঈশ্বর, যিনি মন্দকে ঘৃণা করেন, তাঁর সঙ্গে আমরা কিভাবে পুনর্মিলিত হতে পারি, সম্ভবত সেটিই হল ইতিহাসে সব থেকে বড় সমস্যা। স্বর্গে আমরা যখন ঈশ্বরকে দেখবো, তার পূর্বে কিছু একটার আমূল পরিবর্তন করা প্রয়োজন হবে। এর জন্য আবশ্যক হবে সর্বকালের প্রস্তুত করা শ্রেষ্ঠ সমাধানটির।   

우리는 천국에 가는 방법과 그곳이 지옥보다는 나은 곳이라고 들었지만, 천국 그 자체에 대해서는 아주 조금밖에 배우지 못했죠. 

Tozer wrote, "Nothing about our Lord Jesus Christ has changed down to this very hour. His love has not changed. His compassionate understanding of us has not changed. His interest in us and His purposes for us have not changed."