Help for Mothers with Unplanned Pregnancies article - Eternal Perspective Ministries Links to websites and resources for mothers with unplanned pregnancies.
Organizations Working with Persecuted Christians and/or in Their Countries article - Randy Alcorn Below are some organizations supported by EPM and recommended by Randy Alcorn that work with persecuted Christians and/or in their countries.
How Can People Be Robbing God by Withholding a Freewill Offering? article - Randy Alcorn What you're saying may seem to make sense, but the fact is Malachi 3:8 says it is so: "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. But you ask, ‘How do we rob you?’ In tithes and offerings."
How Can I Prepare Myself to Have a Biblical Worldview in College? article - Randy Alcorn We should come to God’s Word with “great eagerness.” If we’re more eager to watch a sitcom or the evening news than to read God’s Word, inevitably our worldview will be more influenced by sitcoms and the evening news than by God. How Can I Prepare Myself to Have a Biblical Worldview in College?
How Can I Learn to Trust God? article - Randy Alcorn You are right that it's possible to think too much of what people think and say. What's really important is God's evaluation of our life.
The Treasure Principle: High School Student book reports article - Multiple Readers Recently I read The Treasure Principle. I’ve never had much of a problem with giving, so I thought that the book would only serve me by providing encouragement to keep on giving the way I already was. Well, I was wrong!
How Can I Research the Identity of a Particular Demon? Should I? article - Marshall Beretta I believe you are quite correct to say that you are hesitant to “invite darkness” by pursuing a perceived demon. This is an area of spirituality that no one should ever “pursue” out of curiosity.
How Can I Overcome Masturbation? article - Randy Alcorn The problem with masturbation isn’t that the body is wrong or the sex drive is wrong (God created both), but that masturbation involves lust, which Jesus specifically condemned as a sexual sin.
How Can I Tithe When I am Financially Strapped and Have Nothing Extra to Give? Does God Expect Me to Still Tithe? article - Randy Alcorn When I read the Bible, it appears that tithing is the biblical minimum, the starting place, the floor of giving, not its ceiling. Tithes were to keep from stealing from God. Offerings were the beginning of giving.
Some Organizations EPM Supports or Recommends article - Eternal Perspective Ministries Organizations that Eternal Perspective Ministries supports or recommends.
Jesus' Eternal Scars article - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog A recent commenter on my blog asked, After reading of Jesus' resurrection, and how He showed the disciples His scars on His hands as proof of who He was, my children asked if we'll have our scars in Heaven, too. What do you think?
How Can We Be with Jesus in an “Intermediate” Heaven When He Is with God in Heaven at His Right Hand? article - Randy Alcorn When we die we go to be with Christ (II Cor. 5:8) which is wonderful. But we are still incomplete, in a pre-resurrected state, anticipating Christ’s return to earth, and our resurrections. The place we’ll live forever will be where God comes down to dwell with us, on the New Earth (Revelation 21:1-3).
How Can You Say There Will Be Oceans on the New Earth When Rev. 21:1 Says Something Different? article - Randy Alcorn If you’ve ever spent a leisurely day on a golden beach or sailed across the vast ocean or observed the beauty of God’s underwater creatures, you may be surprised that John, taken in a vision to the far future, says that on the New Earth “the sea was no more.”
How Can You Be Sure That Your Depiction of Heaven Is the Correct One? article - Randy Alcorn Question from a reader: Many people have questions regarding Heaven. How can you be sure that this depiction of Heaven [in your book Heaven] is the correct one?
Some People Say the Old Testament Words “Children” and “Seed” Mean the Same Thing. In Light of God’s Command to Be Fruitful, Should We Use Birth Control? article - Randy Alcorn Question from a reader: I believe children are precious to God, and I would never use a form of birth control that could potentially kill a baby. But all of these arguments are confusing. My husband and I are praying God would give us convictions for our own family when it comes to family size. We don’t want to just follow what the world says to do (i.e. use the pill, stop having children for convenience reasons, have a vasectomy when we are “done" having children). What advice would you give me?