Our daughter Angela called us late yesterday afternoon to let us know that the needle biopsy the doctor performed on Tuesday was inconclusive, meaning it told them nothing, so it’s not bad news or necessarily good.

Friday our youngest daughter Angela was diagnosed with cancer. 

Earlier this year, I spent a wonderful and exhausting four days at Biola University. I was certainly familiar with Biola by reputation, but my experience there exceeded expectations. 

Question from a reader: What books would you recommend for a young adult who has been questioning his faith and is just beginning to take his faith seriously? 

If you’re not familiar with Os Guinness, he is an author and social critic who lives in the Washington DC area. 

In November 2011, Randy Alcorn had an interview at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, with Greg Laurie. They discussed the topics of Heaven and suffering and evil. In this clip, Randy talks about how we can know for sure that we'll go to Heaven when we die. See Randy's book Heaven for more information. 

Listen to Randy Alcorn talk on the Bob Dutko show about the changing meaning of "evangelical."      

In this audio clip, Randy Alcorn summarizes six worldviews on evil and suffering.

Recorded at the 2011 International Christian Retail Show (ICRS) in Atlanta.