Randy Alcorn

Embora as Escrituras não digam tanto quanto gostaríamos sobre o controle de circunstâncias, ela diz muito mais do que gostaríamos sobre o domínio próprio. 

As Escrituras dizem que Satanás anda ao derredor como um leão que ruge, procurando alguém que possa devorar. Ele nos quer sob escravidão; Cristo nos quer livres para viver em obediência. A desobediência é contagiosa, mas a obediência também o é. Quanto mais fazemos isto, mais se torna o padrão de nossas vidas.

The “high places” is a shorthand term for places of pagan worship, usually (though not always) on hills or mountains to bring them closer to their false gods. They were centers of idolatry. The greatest time of compromise for God’s people in the Old Testament, the Israelites, was when in addition to worshiping Yahweh, the only true God, they worshipped false gods too.

In January 2018, Nanci Alcorn was diagnosed with colon cancer, and has since undergone several months of treatment. In this interview, Randy shares what the Lord has been doing in their lives during this challenging season.

By now you’ve probably read and heard all sorts of commentaries analyzing this week’s midterm election results. Whatever your political leanings, you’ve likely been encouraged by some results and discouraged by others. But no matter the results, here’s a perspective we should always remember: America may or may not unravel in coming decades, but God’s kingdom certainly won’t!

In this audio clip, Randy Alcorn shares about Psalm 90 and a puritan prayer with Eternal Perspective Ministries staff. 

Você já viu uma cratera na rua? Carros podem estacionar em uma rua todos os dias e tudo parece normal, até que um dia o asfalto cede e os carros desaparecem dentro de um buraco gigantesco. Todo mundo diz: "Esse buraco veio do nada". Mas eles estão errados.

Thomas Kidd recently shared these “8 rules of social media wisdom” from Alan Jacobs. May we all take them to heart and be “quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger” (James 1:19). 

Randy Alcorn invites you to read his new book Face to Face with Jesus: Seeing Him as He Really Is.