Randy Alcorn

In this teaser from session 1 of the DVD accompanying the study for Happiness: God's Invitation to Delight, Celebration, and Joy, Randy Alcorn addresses the common, but false, distinction often made between happiness and joy. For more information, check out the Happiness Leader Kit. 

Like many others, I deeply loved John Stott, his books and his contribution to the church of Christ. I really appreciated what he had to say about unborn children.

Over the years, I’ve found that it’s a common misconception even among Christians that the present Heaven, where Christians go when we die, is the same place we will live forever. 

Question from an eleven-year-old reader: Do you have any suggestions about how many words I should write in a day? I generally get 300 to 900 words on a good day.

I think joy in eternity will be the same sort of thing we know as joy and happiness and delight right now. But it will be purified and absolute in the sense that, as Paul says, right now we are “sorrowful yet always rejoicing” (2 Corinthians 6:10).

Nanci and I love The Valley of Vision, which is a collection of brief and profound Puritan prayers compiled by Arthur Bennett. This is the first entry in the book, but what follows is just as good.

Cuando tus padres quieren llevarte a un lugar en el cual nunca han estado antes, ¿qué es lo que hacen? Piden direcciones a alguna persona que sabe dónde queda ese lugar, se fijan en un mapa, o usan un programa de Internet llamado MapQuest. Tú confías en que no van a tratar de adivinar dónde queda ese lugar.

Hace algunos años, algo muy inusual le pasó a una cantante profesional que conozco que se llama Ruthanna. Su historia nos ayuda a entender lo importante que es tener nuestros nombres escritos en el libro de la vida del Cordero.

Mucha gente cree que el Cielo será un lugar superaburrido. Es una lástima, pero algunos creyentes también sienten de esa forma.