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Sorrow’s End

article - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog

Contemplating the final end of sorrow has brought me great comfort in my first month of grief after my precious wife’s death. I already can’t wait to see Nanci again and have her show me around Heaven, and then after the resurrection when we relocate to the New Earth, for us to both experience it for the first time together. How glorious that will be, and above all just to be with Jesus regardless of where!

Honest Faith Can Cry out to God

article - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog

God’s Word contains countless expressions of concern and anguish about the hard times people experience and the fact that they sometimes don’t feel God’s closeness. In this fallen world, “Why?” is a common question.

Freedom and Comfort in Truth

article - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog

In October 2018, Nanci wrote in her journal that she was “above all, eternally thankful for the incredible growth in my heart spiritually. I honestly would not trade this cancer experience to go back to where I was—which wasn’t bad.”

A Happy Ending without an End

article - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog

In light of Nanci’s departure to be with Jesus four weeks ago, a kind sister reached out to me, saying she was hoping and praying that I felt the closeness of Jesus. I told her that I do indeed sense His closeness. At the same time, grief and sometimes depression come upon me in waves. But they do not drive out Jesus or the Holy Spirit, both of whom indwell me (Romans 8:8-11).

Conflict with a Purpose

article - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog

I usually don’t look for comfort from my own books—but when I set out a copy of 90 Days of God’s Goodness for a friend in need, I was thinking about Nanci and palpably feeling her absence. So I picked up the nearest book even though I’d written it, and the next thing I knew God had really touched me through the first six entries.

The Surprise Blessing of Suffering and Trials

article - Jeremy Linneman Randy's blog

I appreciated this article by Jeremy Linneman, lead pastor of Trinity Community Church in Columbia, Missouri. He shares several quotes from J. I. Packer’s Knowing God, a book God has used in my life profoundly. It is still one of my top five books of all time.

Grasping the Truth of Romans 8:28 Will Change Our Perspective on Suffering

video - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog

God’s main concern is conforming His children to the image of Christ. And He works through the challenging circumstances of our lives to help develop that Christlikeness in us. We can be assured that whatever difficulty He has allowed in our lives has been Father-filtered, through His fingers of wisdom and love.

Finding Resurrection Hope, and How Suffering Can Drive Us Deeper into God’s Love

article - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog

In June 2020, Tim Keller was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Last Sunday The New York Times published a interview with him, and he explained how the solid hope of the resurrection impacts his and Kathy’s lives (and his cancer). As I read, I thought about how Nanci and I would both agree 100% with what Keller says in answer to every question.

Combatting the Disease of Hopelessness

audio - Randy Alcorn

Randy and Dr. Warren talk about how to find and maintain hope in the middle of life’s difficulties, including death.

Is Our Suffering Pointless? (And an Update on Nanci)

video - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog

Even when we don’t see any redemptive meaning in our suffering, God can see it—and one day we will too. Therefore, we need not run from suffering or lose hope if God doesn’t remove it. We can trust that God has a purpose for whatever He permits.

The Witness of Gospel Happiness

audio - Randy Alcorn

In this clip Randy speaks with Dr. Lee Warren about the effect of a lack of gospel happiness in the church today.

The Weakness of Suffering Is a Workroom for God’s Grace

video - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog

Why do God’s children undergo pressures, suffering, and deadly peril? Paul answers clearly: “that we might not rely on ourselves but on God” (2 Corinthians 1:11). God uses our weakness and inadequacy not only to build our character, but also to manifest His strength and grace to us and through us.

Honest Faith

article - Randy Alcorn Randy's blog

God’s Word contains countless expressions of concern and anguish about the hard times people experience and the fact that they sometimes don’t feel God’s closeness. In this fallen world, “Why?” is a common question.

There Is a Reason Why You Have That Thorn

article - Jon Bloom Randy's blog

The fact that we really don’t know what Paul’s thorn was turns out to be both merciful and instructive to us. It’s merciful because, given the various possibilities, we all can identify with Paul to some degree in our afflictions. It’s instructive because what Paul’s thorn was isn’t the point. The point is what God’s purpose was for the thorn.

COVID as God’s Servant in Our Lives

COVID as God’s Servant in Our Lives

article - Randy Alcorn

In this clip, Randy addresses the conflicts that COVID has created in our churches. He shares some thoughts from his wife Nanci, and what she has learned through her journey with cancer.

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