Resources by Topic: Church

I love Trip Lee, who is a talented and well known rapper (see one of many examples, this song he does with Lecrae). I especially love hearing young people say that Jesus-followers need to be part of a local church.

In November 2015, Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church, in Boring, Oregon, on the subject of Hearts, Habits and Happiness. This is the third of three sessions. 

In November 2015, Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church, in Boring, Oregon, on the subject of Hearts, Habits and Happiness. This is the second of three sessions. 

In November 2015, Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church, in Boring, Oregon, on the subject of Hearts, Habits and Happiness. This is the first of three sessions. 

We need to recognize the value of the local church, and not abandon it despite all its imperfections (and each of us is included in those imperfections).

On October 24 & 25, 2015, Randy Alcorn spoke at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, CA, on the subject of Happiness.

In this video, Randy Alcorn discusses the meaning of the word "blessed" used in the Beatitudes and by the Puritans.

Joy Hlavka Forney and her husband Dave, along with their children, serve with Mission Aviation Fellowship in Uganda, East Africa. The Forneys are quality people and in this article Joy said things that really resonate with me. 

Over nearly four decades in my church (a church that has always taught and emphasized God’s Word), I’ve seen a noticeable, even startling, reduction in the average person’s grasp of biblical truth.

Editor-in-chief of the World News Group, Marvin Olasky, writes insightfully on the subject of churches and what constitutes true grace and compassion when it comes to gay marriages.

Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church in Boring, Oregon, on June 20-21, 2015, about what we get to experience because of evil and suffering. For more information, please check out Randy's book If God Is Good.

How Can Suffering Point To God's Existence? from Randy Alcorn on Vimeo. Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church in Boring, Oregon, on June 20-21, 2015, about how suffering points to God's existence. He follows along Tim Keller's book, "The Reason for God." For more information, please check out Randy's book If God Is Good.

How Was Jesus' Suffering Different Than Anyone Else's? from Randy Alcorn on Vimeo. Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church in Boring, Oregon, on June 20-21, 2015, about Jesus' suffering being different than anyone else's. He looks at what Tim Keller says about this in his book, "The Reason for God." For more information, please check out Randy's book If God Is Good.

Does God Care About My Suffering? from Randy Alcorn on Vimeo. Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church, in Boring, Oregon on June 20-21, 2015 on God caring about our suffering. For more information, please check out Randy's book If God Is Good.