Pure Desire Ministries and The Barna group hosted the Pure Desire Summit in September 2024 to share new research about the effects of pornography and for the purpose of “coming together to celebrate recovery and healing from unwanted sexual behavior and betrayal trauma.” Randy was invited to participate in a panel discussion and to share his understanding of the nature of sexual sin and how we can help our brothers and sisters who struggle in this area.  In this clip he answers the question: How does the gospel give us hope for change in the area of sexual purity?

In Randy’s conversation with Davey Blackburn from Nothing Is Wasted Ministries, they discuss what it will be like to live on the New Earth—finally free from the curse, in awe of God’s glory! Randy explains how looking forward to life on the New Earth shapes how we view this present life under the curse.

Randy had a conversation with Chris Beard at The People’s Church in Cincinnati. They spoke about Randy’s writing, the New Earth, and living in light of Heaven.

There’s no doubt that grieving a loved one’s death is a long, often lonely, always painful process. But I encourage those of you who might feel you now have no purpose: don’t throw away the calling God has for you to serve Him here until your time is done and He takes you home.

Randy shares how conversations with Nanci in the time before her death have helped him look forward, with a biblically-grounded imagination, to the great reunion in Heaven. 

Randy speaks about Heaven, which will one day be forever located on the New Earth. God’s Word promises us what we can look forward to for eternity: a permanent renewal of the original good creation, and liberation from all of the dysfunctions of the fall. “For behold, I create a new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy, and her people to be a gladness. I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress” (Isaiah 65:17-19). 

In this clip from his conversation with Davey Blackburn with Nothing Is Wasted Ministries, Randy explains where we can find comfort and hope when we feel unsure about a person’s status of faith at death.

In this clip from his conversation with Davey Blackburn from Nothing Is Wasted Ministries, Randy answers the question, “Why is a proper view of suffering imperative?”    

In Randy’s conversation with Davey Blackburn from Nothing Is Wasted Ministries, they discuss the pros and cons of transitioning from pastoring to parachurch ministry.