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Tomorrow will be our family’s second Thanksgiving with Nanci in Heaven. I am so deeply grateful for the life God gave us together, and it is impossible to be this grateful without also being happy. This is 2 Corinthians 6:10, “sorrowful yet always rejoicing.”

From mid-November to early January, our lives change, bringing many things that are delightful, but which increase our pressure and fatigue. For many, the holidays seem out of control, the chaos inevitable.

If we are delighted by the anticipation of Heaven—because we know the God who lives there; we know the Carpenter from Nazareth, who’s gone to prepare a place for us—it will radically change us and get hold of us.

Though I rarely highlight specific giving opportunities on our website, I’m making an exception for these. I am struck at how inexpensively many people can be helped, and would love to suggest that you consider giving to help these needy people this Christmas.

This would be a red flag to hear someone say they are sharing “previously unknown information,” especially if their interpretation is not represented anywhere in the last 2,000 years of church history and writings.

God’s sovereignty is real, but not every statement people make about it is true. Scripture emphasizes God’s sovereignty, yet it fully recognizes the role of evil people as well as Satan and demons.

Recently I read “9 Lessons from God Concerning Sickness” from J. C. Ryle, an Anglican bishop (1816–1900). Every lesson he shares applies to how Nanci lived out her last years before relocating to Heaven. 

Parents of disabled children have been entrusted with a very special gift—there is no doubt these children are precious and loved by God, their Creator and Maker. 

How much better will we be able to praise Yahweh than in Heaven, where we’ll have time, resources, and the ability to write and create and perform more God-glorifying music than ever? 

When I read what you wrote, about how you had to give up relationships for God, I thought of Luke 14:26.

Common grace is one of my very favorite doctrines. I so love it and wish it were better understood and more often celebrated.

People often say, “We don’t understand now, but in Heaven we’ll know everything.” Is this true? Definitely not.

This issue includes: 9 Lessons God Teaches Us Through Sickness by J. C. Ryle, Start Giving Before You Inherit by Randy Alcorn, How Scripture Memorization Tethers You to Christ by Glenna Marshall, and more. 

This issue includes: Biblical Hope is a Solid Certainty by Randy Alcorn, Questions Sent to EPM, Meet the Resurrected You by Randy Alcorn, When a Beloved Pastor Fails by Hannah De Cleene, and more.