Randy Alcorn

Intelligent Design Resources

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Books and Resources that Mostly Assume an Old Earth, and Books Specifically Defending a Young Earth.

In Your Novel Deception, Is it Realistic that Ollie’s Police Partner Manny, the ex-Gang Member, Would Have Been Able to Join the Police Force?

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It’s true that those with gang and other criminal backgrounds who wish to become cops go through a lot of screening and probation and often outright rejection, but in fact a number of ex-gang members do become cops, including gang specialists.

In Your Heaven Book, I Came Across What Appeared to Be a Misunderstanding of the 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 Passage. What Is Your Response?

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I studied verse 10 and clearly, whatever is being spoken of in verse 9 is also being spoken of as being revealed to us by the Spirit in verse 10. I also went to the beginning of the passage....

In Your Books, You Talk About Eternal Investments Only Counting if You Give Them Away in Your Lifetime. So, Putting a Charitable Organization in Your Will—Does That Count?

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Regardless of whether we are rewarded in the same way we would have been if we'd trusted God to give it away while we were still alive, it is obviously still wise, and in that sense perhaps rewardable, to leave behind money to God’s kingdom.

In Your Book Dominion You Seem to Be Able to Clearly Depict the Black Point of View, but You Are White. How Did You Accomplish this?

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I spent a lot of time with black men and women in the background research for Dominion, relying heavily on their personal accounts and paying particular attention to the recurring stories.

In What Sense Will Believers Be Judged in Heaven?

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The Bible treats this judgment of believers with great sobriety. It’s not a meaningless formality, but a monumental event in which things of eternal consequence are instituted.

In Light of the Persecution in China, Should Americans Buy Chinese-Made Products?

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I am really torn on this one. There’s no way to know what products are made through forced labor of religious and political prisoners, though I would guess it would be less than 10 percent.

In Isaiah 65:20, It Sounds as If Isaiah Is Saying That in the New Heavens and New Earth People Will Die. How Do You Interpret This Text?

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Question from a reader: Isaiah 65:20 says “he who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth; he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.” It sounds as if Isaiah is saying that in the new heavens and new earth people will die. How do you interpret this text?

Is It Possible That in the Ages to Come We Will Travel to Other Planets and Encounter Alien Beings?

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Let me share with you some relevant excerpts from my book Heaven, related to a New Universe, other planets, aliens and space travel.

In Heaven, Will We Have Our Own Places to Live?

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Jesus described heaven as having many rooms or dwellings (John 14:2-3). Like earthly cities or countries, heaven includes individual dwelling places.