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Being rich as the world defines it is merely an illusion. We fail to recognize true and lasting riches as compared to false and fleeting ones.

We’ll be morally perfect on the New Earth, but that doesn’t mean we’ll be capable of doing anything and everything. Adam and Eve were morally perfect, but that didn’t mean they could automatically invent nuclear submarines or defy gravity. They were perfect yet finite, just as we will be.

The tree of life in Eden will become a great forest of life on the New Earth, growing on both sides of the river and producing an abundance of delicious fruit that will provide God’s people continuous health (Revelation 22:1-2).

It might go to my dog Gracie’s head to hear this, but she’s the inspiration for the dog featured in the new children’s book Heaven on Earth, which I cowrote with my talented friend Lisa Tawn Bergren. Gracie also gets several mentions in my upcoming book All God’s Creatures.

What good can come from studying the mysterious and sometimes upsetting subject of God’s sovereignty and human free will? I believe one compelling reason to study this paradox is to better understand what we cannot fully understand.

My new children's book Heaven on Earth: When God Makes Everything New, which I wrote with my friend Lisa Tawn Bergren, released yesterday on August 11. It's beautifully illustrated by James Bernardin, and geared towards children ages 3-7.

In this clip from the Building Excellence podcast with Bailey Miles, Randy says excellence begins with faithfulness. We won’t always be the best at what we do, but we can always be as faithful to the Lord as it is within our power to be.

In this clip from the Building Excellence podcast with Bailey Miles, Randy uses Andrew Pate, the tennis coach at Sam Barlow High School, as an example of what a good coach should be. He highlights that a good coach doesn’t hesitate to say what a player is doing wrong, but always commends them for what they’re doing well, and never raises their voice in anger.

In this clip from the Building Excellence podcast with Bailey Miles, Randy answers questions about what humility means, his favorite vacation spot, what love means, and his favorite books.

In this clip from the Building Excellence podcast with Bailey Miles, Randy says the best way to be a good husband and father is to put Jesus first, and your walk with Jesus will spill over into other areas of your life. He also mentions the importance of focusing first on the quantity of time spent together, and then on making that time quality.

In this clip from the Building Excellence podcast with Bailey Miles, Randy shares how his faith grew through witnessing Nanci’s dependence on the Lord during her cancer journey.

In this clip from the Building Excellence podcast with Bailey Miles, Randy discusses Jesus’ command to lay up for ourselves treasures in Heaven. He points out that Jesus’ logic is not that laying up treasures on Earth is unspiritual, but that it is pointless because on Earth your treasure will be lost, while in Heaven, it will always be secure.

In this clip from the Building Excellence podcast with Bailey Miles, Randy explains that God’s ownership is the key to our stewardship, because a steward carefully manages what belongs to someone else. In acknowledging that God owns our money, we trust that He will provide.

In this clip from the Building Excellence podcast with Bailey Miles, Randy shares how, after his book Money, Possessions, and Eternity came out, practicing stewardship became a living reality as a result of his involvement in the pro-life movement.