Will We Retain Our Individuality Living on the New Earth?

June 3, 2023 By Randy Alcorn

While teaching my Eternity 101 class, I answered the question, “Will We Lose Our Personalities in Heaven?” Below is my response, followed by an edited transcript: Our friends each have certain mannerisms—a unique combination involving their sense of humor, personalities, and certain ways and idiosyncrasies. People ask if we will lose those in Heaven and my response is, “Why would we?” Of course, if you’re talking about something sinful, we’ll lose that. But their sin nature is not likely what... Read more

George Verwer—Global Statesman, Evangelist, and Hero of the Faith—Now with Jesus

June 1, 2023 By Randy Alcorn

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My dear friend George Verwer, founder of Operation Mobilization (OM) and advocate for worldwide missions, is with Jesus. I have never known anyone like George; he is—I speak in the present tense because he is fully alive—one of a kind. His love for lost souls, his devotion to Jesus, and his passion for the Gospel marked me and countless others. Today over 3,300 workers in OM’s family of ministries, representing over 100 nationalities, are bringing God’s unchanging truth to millions of... Read more

How Can We Discern between Hearing God and Hearing What We Want to Hear?

May 29, 2023 By Randy Alcorn

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We are not always great at often talking to God (at least I’m not!), but I think we are even worse at listening to God. Of course, if we think we can’t hear God’s voice, at least in the figurative sense, why would we listen? Some Christians “hear God” when He is not speaking, and many of us fail to hear Him when He is—and sometimes we manage to do both at the same time. A Case of Selective Hearing I know... Read more

Trusting His Loving Purposes: My Message on Nanci, Suffering, and Heaven at California Baptist University

May 22, 2023 By Randy Alcorn

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On March 21, I gave a 30-minute chapel message at California Baptist University. They asked me to talk about suffering and Heaven, in light of Nanci’s homegoing, so I shared about Nanci and quoted from her journal. That date I spoke was actually the one-year anniversary of the day our family of 11 gathered around her bed, and Nanci spoke powerfully into our lives. A week later, she went to be with Jesus. After the chapel, I got to visit with... Read more

Heaven Celebrates Every Repentant Sinner

May 18, 2023 By Randy Alcorn

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Philip Yancey tells a modern-day version of the prodigal son, about a girl with a nose ring and an attitude. She rebels against her parents, runs away, and becomes a drug-addicted prostitute in Detroit. The months go by. She sees her face on a milk carton but never bothers to tell her family she’s alive. Then, two years later, she gets sick and desperate. Her pimp throws her out on the street. All other alternatives exhausted, she calls home. She... Read more

Christ’s Resurrection Means Our Old Bodies Will Be Made New

May 15, 2023 By Randy Alcorn

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In 1 Corinthians 15:17-19, Paul says that if Christ hadn’t risen from the dead, we’d still be in our sins—meaning we’d be bound for Hell, not Heaven: “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.” He doesn’t just say that if there’s no Heaven, the... Read more

Jesus Accomplished the Healing from Sin We Need, Even More Than Healing from Cancer

May 11, 2023 By Randy Alcorn

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I miss Nanci every day, but I am profoundly thankful for the tremendous example she left me, and the way she mentored me and discipled me as she actively pursued God. She received from Him dying grace so powerful that at times it was startling. What a privilege to have seen it and her close up. In the journal she kept throughout her cancer years, Nanci wrote these reflections about the healing Jesus accomplished on the cross: “But he was... Read more

Kids, Questions about Heaven, and Humor over Hamburgers

May 8, 2023 By Randy Alcorn

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Martin Luther said, “It is pleasing to the dear God whenever thou rejoicest or laughest from the bottom of thy heart.” And who does that more frequently and sincerely than children? Talking to kids about Heaven was the focus of an interview I did with Greg Laurie, senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, for his radio program about my book Heaven for Kids. Greg and his wife Cathe certainly get how tough life can be. Years ago, Greg called me after his... Read more

Heaven Celebrates Every Repentant Sinner

May 4, 2023 By Randy Alcorn

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