If we are going to fully trust God, it’s vital that we believe in a happy God who cares deeply for our welfare and is active in creation and redemption.

Our ministry received this letter from a reader of the Heaven book. In her own way, she captures the essence of what has happened in the lives of countless people who for many years were held in bondage by a false view of Heaven. 

The Old Testament uses no single word for universe or cosmos. When Genesis 1:1 speaks of God’s creating “the heavens and the earth,” the words are synonymous with what we mean by universe. Heavens refers to the realms above the earth: atmosphere, sun, moon, and stars, and all that’s in outer space. 

This amazing four-minute slow motion video, excerpted from a TED Talk, shows what happens in God’s world that we normally don’t get to see at all, and virtually never in this way. 

Dieu a inscrit sa loi dans nos cœurs (Romains 2:15). De toute évidence, il y a aussi gravé un ardent désir de bonheur. Le fait est que, dès le début de l'histoire de l'Église, il y a eu un consensus entre les théologiens.

In this audio clip, Randy answers a question about where Satan fell from when he sinned.

Por qué espera con ansiedad la creación nuestra resurrección? Por una razón simple pero fundamentalmente importante: Según va la humanidad, así va la creación. Al igual que toda la creación fue estropeada por causa de nuestra rebelión, la liberación de toda la creación depende de nuestra liberación. La glorificación del universo depende de la glorificación de una raza humana redimida. El destino de toda la creación nos pisa los talones.

Randy Alcorn spoke at his home church, Good Shepherd Community Church, on the topic of happiness. In this clip, he talks about experiencing happiness in creation and how that has been especially helpful for him. Watch the full clip here. For more information, check out Randy's Happiness book. 

As a grandfather of five boys, mothered by my wonderful daughters, I very much enjoyed this short meditation on little boys and toads.