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The major Christian creeds state, “I believe in the resurrection of the body.” But I’ve found in many conversations that Christians tend to spiritualize the resurrection of the dead, effectively denying it. Our incorrect thinking about bodily resurrection stems from our failure to understand the environment in which resurrected people will live—the New Earth. 

This article with thoughts from a conversation with Rosaria Butterfield, encourages us to take a closer look at how hospitality can be a ministry and a way to share the gospel, as well as a way for us to grow in Christlikeness. 

My wife led a women’s Bible study group in discussing a lesson she’d written about the happiness of Jesus. One woman who’d grown up as a churchgoer was startled. She shared how horrified she’d once been to see a picture of Jesus smiling. Why? Because she believed it was blasphemous to make Jesus appear happy!

People have been asking me to write on this, but some will be sorry I did. If this seems too little too late, I get that. If it seems to some irresponsible (I know it will), I still think every Jesus-follower needs to do some real soul-searching. I’m talking about much more than just voting, and the principles here apply to other candidates too, not only Trump.

It’s common to hear people focus solely on the compassion and love of Jesus, and neglect the other parts of His character, including His holiness and wrath, sovereignty and lordship. Jesus was indeed a friend of sinners, but He was crucified for much more than that.

Sometimes we have exactly the same words, but the punctuation makes a radical difference in meaning. For instance, consider the sentence “Let's eat, Grandma!” The same words with a single change in punctuation are, “Let's eat Grandma!” (Which may be an actual line in a Stephen King book.)

We ought to expect with the highest confidence only what God has clearly, fundamentally, and absolutely promised. And if our gratitude is lessened with such an understanding, the problem is our expectations, not God’s promises. If we expect God to make our lives easy, our expectations are unbiblical.

In March 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, on the subject of happiness. He spoke on how happiness relates to God, our lives, when we're going through deep grief, Heaven, Scripture and negativity. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book. 

In this video clip, Randy shares how we can experience happiness in Christ even when we're going through deep grief.

In March 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, on the subject of happiness. He spoke on how happiness relates to God, our lives, when we're going through deep grief, Heaven, Scripture and negativity. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book. 

In March 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, on the subject of happiness. He spoke on how happiness relates to God, our lives, when we're going through deep grief, Heaven, Scripture and negativity. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book. 

In March 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, on the subject of happiness. He spoke on how happiness relates to God, our lives, when we're going through deep grief, Heaven, Scripture and negativity. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book. 

In March 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, on the subject of happiness. He spoke on how happiness relates to God, our lives, when we're going through deep grief, Heaven, Scripture and negativity. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book.

If you want to get somewhere, guesswork is a poor strategy. The goal of getting to Heaven is worthy of greater advanced planning than we’d give to any other journey.