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Regarding self-defense, I think the Sermon on the Mount can be taken out of context to justify a pacifism that facilitates evil. 

We’re called to a life of endurance empowered by Christ, and accompanied by joyful thanksgiving. Endurance requires patience, because reward for today’s right choices will come, but it may be months or years from now, or not until we leave this world. 

Over the years I’ve frequently been told that life issues are not what the church of Jesus Christ is to be about. A seminary student at my church once told me something I’ve often heard in one form or another: “Issues like abor­tion are just a distraction from the main thing.”

In this clip from the memorial service for his friend Bob Atkins Sr., Randy speaks about Jesus’s blood-bought promise of redemption, and our future hope of an eternity with Him and those we love.  

In this clip from the memorial service for his friend Bob Atkins Sr., Randy shares from Scripture about the sovereignty of God and thefuture hope we have of healing from all pain and suffering on the New Earth. 

Randy recorded a message for the memorial service of a long-time friend and fellow church member, Bob Atkins Sr. He shares the hope of Heaven and a future on the New Earth for all who trust in Jesus, where there will be a glorious reunion with Bob, his wife Patty, and many loved ones. 

The key to a right use of money and possessions is a right perspective—an eternal perspective. Each of our lives is positioned like a bow, drawn across the strings of a cosmic violin, producing vibrations that resound for all eternity. 

I hope this answer clarifies what is possible to know based on Scripture, and provokes some thoughts about what we don’t know for sure.

Not knowing your son personally, and even then, knowing that only the Lord truly knew the condition of his heart, I hesitate to strongly connect these verses to his situation. But we see in Scripture that this is potentially one way the Lord may act.

As Dan Darling points out, there’s much criticism online that is actually rooted in bitterness rather than seeking to build up the church. (People who are critical often fall into referring to church members as “they.” But where is the “we”?)

Please notice that our job is to believe and to seek. The rewards are up to Him. So chase Him, and let Him take care of the rewards and life direction and all the other ‘wind and waves’ circumstances in your life.

In this clip from his message for the Life International Global Congress, Randy explains that to be pro-life should certainly mean more than being concerned for unborn babies, but it should never mean less than that. 

Randy recorded a teaching session for the 2023 Life International Global Congress in Malta. In his message, he shares howour efforts to protect the most vulnerable – theunborn AREpart of fulfilling theGreat Commission.  

First, we need to profess what is right and true, and second, we need to live consistently with what we profess.