Randy Alcorn

Charles Spurgeon closed his 1854 sermon entitled "The Birth of Christ" with the following, in a Christian context that was often critical of Christmas celebration because some people embraced sin and not the Savior. May his words for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day apply to the days ahead of us.

When a child falls off a bike, she doesn’t need her father to explain the physics of why it happened. No. The child simply wants comfort. We don’t need explanations, most of which we wouldn’t understand anyway. We need “God, who comforts the downcast” (2 Corinthians 7:6). 

I wasn’t raised in a Christian home. No one in our family attended church or understood the meaning of the Son of God’s incarnation and redemption. Yet, somehow, my mom embodied Christmas.

Evangelist and author Greg Stier writes, “Behind every evil in this world there is a closely knit network of highly resourced influencers who are conspiring to take down evangelical Christians and destroy the global church.”

Countless Christians in Bible-believing churches have been held in bondage for many years by false and widespread views of Heaven and eternity. Despite the clear teaching of Scripture, the pushback against the New Earth used to be very strong.

The following is an excerpt from my novel Deadline, which portrays the character Finney, now residing in Heaven, discussing the incarnation with an angel. I hope this fictional account will help you see Christ’s birth—and ultimately His death—from a fresh perspective.

Readers' Respones to Grieving with Hope

Every sacrifice we make in following Christ will always result in our long-term good—but it’s more than that. It will also most often result in our short-term happiness. 

أحيانًا ما يكون الكتاب المقدَّس متشددًا وأحيانًا صادمًا فيما يتعلَّق بالمال والممتلكات. عندما نفتح الكتاب المقدَّس فإننا نفعل ذلك سعيًا للتعزية وليس التعدي على نظرتنا الدنيوية، أليس كذلك؟ دع اللهيتحدَّث عن المحبة والنعمة، وشكرًا. ودعنا نحن نتحدَّث عن المال والممتلكات، ثم نفعل بها ما يسرُّنا. نحن صادقون، وهذا ما سيقوله كثيرون منَّا.