Resources by Topic: Christian Life

Randy Alcorn answers the question, "How should we 'handle' the inspired Word of God?"

Being a hero is something entirely different than being a celebrity. Fame is one thing. Virtue is another. 

Phil and Pam are blind. They say there’s no money left to give—and they do their best to make sure of it! No matter what they say to the contrary, their lifestyle proves unarguably that toys, trips and cars are more important to them than God, his work and the needs of others.

Prayer among evangelical Christians is always in danger of degenerating into a glorified gold rush. Almost every book on prayer deals with the “get” element mainly.

My brothers and sisters, Let us be wary of praying to Christ with our mouths but remaining mute in our life.

God has created each of us with certain desires that correspond to certain motivations. Each of us has built-in desires for pleasure, possessions, and power. At first this may sound unbiblical, because we have come to think of these things as temptations.

Follow Scripture’s lead toward what you should pray for. (If prayer’s the train, make Scripture the rails.) 

It was the belief in the accountability of man to his maker that made America a great nation. Among those earlier leaders was Daniel Webster whose blazing eyes and fiery oratory often held the Senate spellbound.

Another kind of religious leader must arise among us. He must be of the old prophet type, a man who has seen visions of God and has heard a voice from the Throne.

Are you a Christian parent? Is your teenager a Christian? Are they thinking like a Christian?

Randy Alcorn teaches on the Fruit of the Spirit at an EPM staff meeting.

My friend Todd Dubord passed on these insights from the book Celebrating Failure by Ralph Heath. I look back at the past year and see several things I would do differently, in relationship to my church, and other challenging things I faced.  

Randy talks about how God is the fountainhead of all good desires in our lives.