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In this clip from The Straight to the Heart podcast with Rush Witt, Randy shares about his wife Nanci: a godly woman, introvert, lover of football, lover of animals, and now in Heaven with Jesus.  

What will it be like on our resurrection day, when we return with Christ to this old Earth, when we are given new bodies in the knowledge that we will together colonize a New Earth? At the end of my novel Safely Home, I tried to catch a flavor of what it may be like.

In this clip from The Straight to the Heart podcast with Rush Witt, Randy shares about how his in-depth research on Heaven for his books gave him and Nanci a great basis for talking about Heaven often, especially during her illness.  

In this clip from The Straight to the Heart podcast with Rush Witt, Randy shares about how his view of Heaven has influenced his view of Nanci’s homegoing, and the comfort he experienced while talking with Nanci over the years about the New Earth. 

In this clip from The Straight to the Heart podcast with Rush Witt, Randy shares about the intimacy he experiences with Jesus, and how the friendship of Jesus means more to him than ever. 

Having faith doesn’t mean being unreasonable or blind. As Sean McDowell explains, God has given us evidence for a rational faith and has made Himself known—for those who are willing to see.

Here are some more specific resources that you might find helpful (Crown Financial Ministries is an organization we especially recommend).

In this clip from The Straight to the Heart podcast with Rush Witt, Randy shares about moments when grief has surprised him, and the everyday times when he misses Nanci the most. 

In this clip from The Straight to the Heart podcast with Rush Witt, Randy shares about his journey into ministry, his pro-life stance, his ultimate resignation from pastoring, and the beginning of Eternal Perspective Ministries. 

We can think of our lives in terms of a dot and a line, signifying two phases. Our present life on Earth is the dot. It begins. It ends. It’s brief. However, from the dot, a line extends that goes on forever.

Randy had a conversation with his son-in-law Dan Franklin at their church, looking at what Proverbs 5 has to say about purity. 

In this clip from The Straight to the Heart podcast with Rush Witt, Randy shares about several authors who have influenced him both before and after seminary, and how God has used them deeply in his life. 

What may, at this moment, seem like it didn’t turn out may, because you were obedient regardless of the consequences, have far-reaching and positive outcomes you won’t know about until you’re in Jesus’ presence.

In this clip from The Straight to the Heart podcast with Rush Witt, Randy shares about how he enjoyed seeing C.S. Lewis’ personality come through his writing and how his writing impacted Randy’s worldview.