The Law of Rewards & The Matter of Works article - Randy Alcorn I would agree that our salvation is not based on our works.
Gift of Hope article - Randy Alcorn There is a gift God has given his people in all ages that has enabled them not just to hold on, but to experience fulfillment even in times of great difficulty. This gift is hope.
What Are Differences between the Majority and Alexandrian Texts, Which Are Used to Create Bible Translations? article - Randy Alcorn The majority text (MT) really means “a statistical number larger than another text type” (i.e., called the MT = “Western Text”). The other major text type has fewer manuscripts, but they are older and some are better preserved.
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.
What's the Problem with Having Truth without Grace? article - Randy Alcorn Truth without grace is unbending, like the law of gravity. Gravity doesn’t take into consideration the fact that the individual in the car is young, kind, tired or didn’t mean to get too close to the edge of the cliff. When the car plunges off the precipice, gravity shows no sympathy. Truth tells us we’re sick. Only grace can cure us.
A Letter Written by Randy to a Friend Who Was Struggling with Suicidal Thoughts article - Randy Alcorn These are some passages to study, meditate on and memorize. Some of these aren’t new to you, but they have a cumulative force as they touch different aspects of our struggles and God’s counsel to us.
What Is Your View on Limited Atonement? article - Randy Alcorn If logic were my authority, my belief in the other four points of Calvinism would compel me to believe in limited atonement.
What Is Your Position on the Age of the Earth? article - Randy Alcorn This is a very difficult issue with many different takes, even by Christians who fully believe in the inspiration and inerrancy of Scripture. There are young earth creationists, and old earth creationists, and they will give him a different answer to the question of the relative age of the earth.
What Is Your Response to My Disappointment with the Local Church and Decision to Attend a Small Group Bible Study Instead? article - Randy Alcorn We have a natural desire to be independent, but we need godly church leaders, and should seek to find a local church that has godly leaders rather than to withdraw from churches.
What Is Your View on Expositional Preaching? article - Randy Alcorn The point is that there is not one right way to teach the Bible—the Bible can and should be taught in a variety of ways (taking into account learning styles, for instance).
What Makes You Think Salvation Can't Be Lost? article - Randy Alcorn If salvation can be lost, this requires a reversal of regeneration.
True Thoughts About Heaven article - Randy Alcorn Our view of heaven is comparable to standing out in a hallway and staring past an open door into a dark room. Getting a grasp of the resurrection and the New Earth is like stepping in and flipping on a light switch. Suddenly the shadowy images become recognizable…while our eyes have to adjust to the light, everything starts to make sense.
Atheist Christopher Hitchens Knows What a Christian Is article - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog In a recent interview, Christopher Hitchens, the fervent atheist and author of God Is Not Great, showed he has a much clearer understanding of what it means to be a Christian than the Unitarian minister, who claims to be a Christian, interviewing him.
To Those Who Are Hurting and Confused article - Randy Alcorn What, after all, is more universal to human experience than suffering? And what is more important than the perspective we bring to it?
This World Is Not Our Home... or Is It? article - Randy Alcorn Many religions, including Buddhism and Hinduism, picture the afterlife as vague and intangible. Christianity specifically refutes this notion. Biblical Christianity doesn’t give up on humanity or the earth.