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Why Do Believers Continue to Persecute and Shut out Gay and Lesbian People Based on Passages of Scripture that Are Open to a Different Interpretation?

article - Randy Alcorn

I wish we could talk face to face so you could hear my heart for you.

Where in the Bible, Specifically, Does It Claim to Be the Sole and Final Rule of Faith?

article - Randy Alcorn

You’re right that my belief in the ultimate authority of Scripture is based not on specific statement, but on the cumulative power of countless passages. (The same is true of the doctrine of the trinity and other major truths.) Among those passages are these:

Where Redemption and Justice Meet

article - Randy Alcorn, John M. Perkins, Lowell Noble

Justice is the foundation of God’s throne, and justice was the motivation for our redemptive process.

When You Write, What Sort of Theological "Puzzles" Have You Had to Sort Through to Your Own Satisfaction Before You Could Continue with the Story?

When You Write, What Sort of Theological "Puzzles" Have You Had to Sort Through to Your Own Satisfaction Before You Could Continue with the Story?

article - Randy Alcorn

One example would be the problem of evil and suffering that plagues Ollie in my novel Deception.

When Writing About the New Earth, Did You Mean to Leave out the New Jerusalem, which Is the Final Heaven, and Is Described in Rev. 21 and 22?

article - Randy Alcorn

The point is where the New Jerusalem is located. It is brought down to the New Earth and is the capital city of the New Earth.

Where Do People Get Their Theological Beliefs?

article - Randy Alcorn

Our theology tends to come from whatever we trust.

Where Did You Get the Ideas for the "Chair of Honor" and the Reverence for the Bible Box in Safely Home?

article - Randy Alcorn

The box was based upon an experience a friend of mine had in Moscow back in 1990 where they were passing out free Bibles to people.

Where in Scripture Are We Reassured That We Will Have the Comfort of Making up Lost Time with Loved Ones in Eternity?

article - Randy Alcorn

First Thessalonians 4 says we are to “comfort one another with these words” about being together with the Lord forever. So clearly we will be spending eternity with our loved ones.

Where Do You Stand on the Calvinism and Arminianism Debate, and What Resources Do You Recommend?

article - Randy Alcorn

I came to Christ in a church that was Arminian, so that was naturally my early leaning. I went to a Bible college and seminary that were both middle of the road where neither hard core Calvinism nor Arminianism often surfaced in class, though on a continuum, some faculty would lean more toward one than the other.

When Were Angels Created?

article - Marshall Beretta

Leave it to a child to ask a great question which has no definitive Biblical answer. Here is what we know.

When Sex Becomes Sin

article - Randy Alcorn

“How can anything so good be so bad?” If sex is as good as we portrayed it in the previous chapter, why is it that many sexual acts are condemned in Scripture?

Where Do We Get Our Misconceptions about Heaven?

article - Randy Alcorn

Satan labors to give people an inaccurate view of heaven.

When Does Life Begin According to Your Study of Scripture?

article - Randy Alcorn

I’ll cut and paste two portions from the book below. If you only want section specifically on breathing, go to 6f below. As to Scripture and beginning of life, I follow with excerpt from Appendix B: Abortion in the Bible and Church History. The portion concerning Jesus and John the Baptist in Luke 1 is especially revealing I think.

Where Is the Location of the 3rd Heaven You Mention when Discussing the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus?

article - Randy Alcorn

In 2 Corinthians 12 Paul calls the third heaven “paradise.” When Jesus (before his resurrection), refers to where the thief on the cross would go, he calls it paradise.

Will We Continue to Change, Grow, and Learn Once We Get to Heaven?

article - Randy Alcorn

In keeping with our finite natures, we’ll experience process in heaven. We will continually learn more of God.