Rethinking Our Beliefs About Heaven article - Randy Alcorn Some of the portrayals of Heaven in my novels Deadline and Dominion are surprising and unconventional.
Endorsements and Book Reviews of The Treasure Principle article - Multiple Readers "Supercharged with stunning, divine truth! Lightning struck over and over as I read it.” —John Piper
Response to Reading "The 39 Major ProChoice Arguments and Their Refutations" article - Cathy Ramey You raised a point, ability to experience physical pain, that is sometimes used as part of the prolife argument against abortion, but not by most.
Readers' Responses to Does The Birth Control Pill Cause Abortions? article - Multiple Readers Family physician stops prescribing all forms of hormonal contraception. I am a family physician in Canada and a follower of Jesus Christ. I was recently given a copy of Does the Birth Control Pill cause Abortions? I was trained in the 1980s and believed that the pill worked by preventing ovulation. After a month of study and prayer, I have decided to stop prescribing all forms of hormonal contraception.
Endorsements and Book Reviews of The Purity Principle article - Multiple Readers The Purity Principle is a short book full of wise advice, straight to the point stating the obvious but often overlooked message that ‘Purity is smart and Impurity is stupid’—can it get any simpler than that?”
Response to Peter Singer's Ethics article - Randy Alcorn Peter Singer, the Princeton professor, wrote in his ethics textbook, “The life of a fetus is of no greater value than the life of a nonhuman animal at a similar level of rationality, self-consciousness, awareness, capacity to feel, etc.”
Deception Question and Answer article - Randy Alcorn Deception had been on my mind, off and on the back burner, for ten years.
How Do I Relate to My Daughter Who Moved in with Her Boyfriend? article - Kathy Norquist My heart goes out to you and the pain you are experiencing. You're grieving a loss right now and I’m sure you have many mixed emotions.
How Do You Find a Church That Understands There is a Spiritual Reality Beyond What We Can See? article - Randy Alcorn I would like to see more vibrant, Christ-exalting living, first in me, and then in my church and the Christian community as a whole. So I sympathize with what you’re looking for.
How Did You Come up with the Idea for Deadline? article - Randy Alcorn Question from a reader: I am an 8th grade student and my teacher has assigned us a reading project about any book of our choice. I have chosen to read your book Deadline. I am not the kind of person who enjoys reading very much, but your book has really caught my attention. As part of my assignment, I would like to ask you how did you come up with the idea for this story?
Sometimes Heaven Comes Down To Earth article - Paul Eshleman On this night, the encounter occurred in a place that seemed more like Hell. Mozambique was a nation in absolute chaos.
How Does a Servant’s Heart on Earth Affect One’s Rewards in Heaven? article - Randy Alcorn Service is a reward, not a punishment. This idea is foreign to people who dislike their work and only put up with it until retirement. We think that faithful work should be rewarded by a vacation for the rest of our lives. But God offers us something very different: more work, more responsibilities, increased opportunities, along with greater abilities, resources, wisdom, and empowerment.
How Do You Explain the Doctrine of Election? article - Randy Alcorn I believe in divine election as taught in Scripture. The "elect” are referred to in ten or so passages and the “chosen” in many others. Col 3:12 calls us “God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved.”
How Does the 10% Tithe Compare to Old Testament Giving? article - Randy Alcorn Freewill offerings were commonplace in the Old Testament era. The three tithes were never the ceiling of giving, merely the floor.
How Could Lucifer Have Sinned? article - Randy Alcorn God gave Lucifer a capacity of true free choice which involved the possibility of sin. It is possible for a being with free choice—even living in a perfect environment and without having some exterior temptation, such as Satan provided for Adam and Eve in the garden—to make a choice contrary to God’s will.