Resources by Topic: Christians, Past and Present

I had the pleasure of meeting Shai Linne, who is both a rapper and a pastor, at the terrific Canvas Conference last summer, where we were speaking the same night. Here are some reasons I love this guy.

A few months ago when we were both speaking at an apologetics conference, I had the privilege of meeting Christopher Yuan, who is an author, speaker, and instructor at Moody Bible Institute.

Many vocations are more important than baseball or football or any other sport, which for most athletes last only a short portion of their adult lives. But regardless of what vocation or position or role in a family God gives us, when God gives His people a platform to stand on, and a voice that can be heard, He expects them to represent Him faithfully.

I cringe whenever I see Lewis called a misogynist. Certainly, to the degree that most of us are, he was a creature of his day and culture—indeed, he called himself a dinosaur—but in many respects, in the deeply respectful tone he speaks about women, he seems more ahead of his time than behind it.

When we think of the great commission and the modern missions movement, no other name is as prominent as that of William Carey (1761-1834). He provides us a model for one of the great issues of our time—understanding the proper relationship of morality, politics, life issues, and the great commission.

When I was a young believer I was significantly influenced by Ray and Anne Ortlund.

Thursday, June 2, Robertson McQuilkin went to be with Jesus at 88 years old. I wrote about Robertson in my book If God Is Good, sharing how at the peak of his career, he resigned as president of Columbia Bible College in 1990 to become the full-time caregiver for his wife, Muriel, who had Alzheimer’s. 

Two brothers, Jerry Bridges and Gary Smalley, went to Jesus last Sunday, March 6. I knew and loved them both. 

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

On September 29, 2015 John R Kohlenberger III went home to be with Jesus, after a thirteen-year battle with cancer. John, a gifted scholar, wrote many biblical language reference works.

I haven’t met many people more convinced of God’s goodness than David O’Brien. He experienced a lifetime of serious afflictions that many consider senseless evil, but he saw them as tools in the hands of a good God.

C.S. Lewis said many profound and fascinating things about hell. Some are biblically precise, while others are more abstract and subject to misunderstanding. In some cases, his views are not solidly biblical. But many of his insights on hell are true to Scripture, and some of his speculations are compelling food for thought.

Randy answers this question during a radio interview on the Frank Sontag Show, March 26, 2015.

So where has the Lord taken the Harris twins since Do Hard Things was published?