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Randy Alcorn answers the question, "How do you cultivate courage in your own life?"

I came to know my friend Jim Harrell after he read my book Heaven. We talked on the phone, exchanged e-mails, and quickly connected at a heart level. Jim, a successful businessman, strong and athletic for most of his life, told me he really looked forward to reading If God Is Good.

In this video clip, Randy Alcorn talks about accountability in giving.

In this video, Randy Alcorn shares multiple Bible verses that teach about Heaven and the New Earth.

In this interview with Lee Strobel on Faith Under Fire, Randy Alcorn talks about what being face-to-face with God will be like.

Many people have lost loved ones who didn’t know Christ. Some people argue that people in Heaven won’t know Hell exists. But this would make Heaven’s joy dependent on ignorance, which is nowhere taught in Scripture.

In this interview with former NFL coach Joe Gibbs, Randy Alcorn talks about how as Christians, we tend to disassociate our lives on earth from the life to come. God, however, sees a direct connection between them.

We value in story the conflict we avoid in life. What makes a good story? Interesting characters, significant conflict, the thwarting of desires, and a satisfying (if not triumphant) resolution.

In this one and half minute video clip, Randy Alcorn talks about how God's original plan for the earth is still His plan. God has never abandoned his original plan that righteous human beings will inhabit and rule the earth.

Question from a reader: If when we die we are judged and go immediately to the intermediate Heaven as Randy states, how can Revelation 20:5 be true? This verse is talking about the transition period between the intermediate and the Eternal Heaven. Verse 5 is pre-eternal Heaven.

In this three minute video, Randy Alcorn explains how the redeemed earth, which will be all the best of the old earth and more, is what we long for.

Fifteen years before abortion was legal in America, around 85 percent of illegal abortions were done by “reputable physicians in good standing in their local medical associations.”*

In this clip, Randy Alcorn talks about Heaven in connection to not wasting your life. Desiring God's Don't Waste Your Life

In this clip, Randy Alcorn advises us to not settle for distractions in life. Desiring God's Don't Waste Your Life