Dalai Lama, Seen through the Eyes of a Chinese Christian article - Randy Alcorn Two segments from the novel Safely Home, by Randy Alcorn
What Are the Challenges and Payoffs of Writing? article - Randy Alcorn It’s really something you have to accept by faith, trusting that a measurable result will come, even if the book isn’t read by people for another two years.
What About a Woman Who Is Pregnant Due to Rape Or Incest? article - Randy Alcorn Rape is so horrible that we easily transfer our horror to the wrong object. We must not impose the ugliness of rape or incest upon either the innocent woman or the innocent child.
What Advice Do You Have for Someone Who Has Been Prescribed the Pill because of a Medical Problem? article - William L. Toffler M.D. I have been on the pill for purely therapeutic reasons (prevention of an ovarian cyst from growing), not merely for birth control, or the regulation of my cycle or the easing of cramps.
What About Those Who Say There Is No Abortive Affect to BCPs? article - Cathy Ramey I believe it comes down to a form of denial that is based upon protecting oneself from considering that as a Christian one may have been part of abortion promotion by means of a prescription.
What About Using the “Pill” for Other Reasons? article - Randy Alcorn If you are on the pill for medical reasons, then it would be wise to use a nonabortive type of birth control such as NFP, condom, and diaphragm (assuming you’re married?). But my understanding is that there are other medical concerns with the pill.
Will People Who Die Before They Accomplish Their Goals on Earth Be Able to Fulfill Them on the New Earth? article - Randy Alcorn If someone has a dream or desire on this earth that is of God, that means there is nothing inherently evil or sinful about this desire. Then what would prevent him from seeing this desire fulfilled on the New Earth? Not lack of time or opportunity or capacity, certainly.
What 3 Bits of Advice Would You Offer New Writers, or Those Not So New? article - Randy Alcorn Thoughts on writing.
The Broken Bell article - Jack Teeter During the last month of Annette Teeter’s lengthy battle with cancer, the small glass “Precious Moments” bell became her constant companion.
What About Unanswered Prayer? article - Wayne Grudem We must begin by recognizing that as long as God is God and we are his creatures, there must be some unanswered prayers. This is because God keeps hidden his own wise plans for the future, and even though people pray, many events will not come about until the time that God has decreed.
What About a Woman Whose Life Is Threatened by Pregnancy or Childbirth? article - Randy Alcorn While he was United States Surgeon General, Dr. C. Everett Koop stated publicly that in his thirty-eight years as a pediatric surgeon, he was never aware of a single situation in which a preborn child’s life had to be taken in order to save the life of the mother. He said the use of this argument to justify abortion in general was a “smoke screen.”
Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy article - Multiple Authors The “Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy” was produced at an international Summit Conference of evangelical leaders, held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago in the fall of 1978.
We've Been Taught that There Are No Such Things as Ghosts. Why Then Was This Not True with Samuel? article - Paul Martin My husband and I have been studying Samuel and have the following question re: 1 Samuel 28:11-20 We’ve been taught that there are no such thing as ghosts and wandering spirits and that absent from the body means present with the Lord. Why then was this not true with Samuel? This seems to go against that principle.
A Tribute to George Verwer, Founder and Former Director of Operation Mobilization article - Operation Mobilization George Verwer is the Founder of Operation Mobilization (OM), a ministry of cross-cultural evangelism, church planting and discipleship training.