Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church, on the topic of happiness. He shared scripture, quotes and personal experiences about happiness. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book. 

Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church, on the topic of happiness. In this clip, Randy talks about our expectations for health and wealth and how that relates to happiness. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book. 

Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church, on the topic of happiness. In this clip, Randy talks about some of the realities of having depression. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book. 

From time to time, I’m reminded of how common it is for people to believe a writer or speaker stole his or her material. Sometimes material is indeed used word for word without crediting the source, and this is unethical. But other times, people assume an idea or material has been stolen when it isn't the case.

In this article from Desiring God, David Mathis draws a compelling connection between being part of the local church and developing healthy spiritual habits in life. I truly believe the key to spirituality is the development of little habits, such as Bible reading and memorization and prayer, and certainly that includes the habit of being part of a church.

Some Christians may think, “Believers don’t have abortions, only un-churched people do.” This simply isn’t true.

I love Trip Lee, who is a talented and well known rapper (see one of many examples, this song he does with Lecrae). I especially love hearing young people say that Jesus-followers need to be part of a local church.

In June 2015, Randy Alcorn was a guest on Dave Harvey's Am I Called Podcast, talking about leaving pastoral ministry, living for eternity and writing fiction. 

We need to recognize the value of the local church, and not abandon it despite all its imperfections (and each of us is included in those imperfections).