In this clip from a talk with students in the Torrey Honors College at Biola University in 2012, Randy shares how the deaths of friends and family members compelled him to ask questions about both the present and the future Heaven. The tangibility of the last two chapters of Revelation and the lack of teaching, even in seminaries, led him to explore the New Earth further.

In this clip from a talk with students in the Torrey Honors College at Biola University in 2012, Randy says that often, truth found in old books has stood the test of time, and warns about heresy, which often consists of old falsehoods packaged as something new. He also explains the reading he did in preparation for writing his book Heaven.

In this clip from the Do Hard Things podcast with The Rebelution in 2022, Randy talks to teenagers about learning to expect suffering. He encourages listeners to ground themselves in the Word of God and live by faith so that this world’s evil and suffering don’t cause them to turn their back on Christ. God is sovereign, and He will carry out His will on Earth as it is in Heaven.

In this clip from the Do Hard Things podcast with The Rebelution in 2022, Randy explains that the hope of Heaven is not simply wishful thinking. He shares that we know more from the Bible about the future, post-resurrection Heaven, which will be on the New Earth, than we do about the present Heaven.

In this clip from the Do Hard Things podcast with The Rebelution in 2022, Randy shares how God worked in his wife Nanci’s life to draw her deeper into the Word. He talks about how her study of God impacted her cancer journey.

The presence of God is the essence of Heaven. John Milton put it, “Thy presence makes our Paradise, and where Thou art is Heaven.” Heaven will be a physical extension of God’s goodness.

In this clip from an episode of Faith and Finance Live, Randy shares how understanding six principles when it comes to finances helps us to realize that everything belongs to God and we are simply managers of the money He has entrusted to us.

In this clip from a conversation with Jay Rudolph on The Plumb Line Radio Show, Randy says that in Heaven we will have a perfect eternal perspective that we lack now, which will allow us to see bad things going on and not lose our contentment and peace in Christ, and even cause us to rejoice when evil is conquered.

In this clip from a conversation with Jay Rudolph on The Plumb Line Radio Show, Randy explains how Scripture supports that people in Heaven are aware, at some level, of what is happening on earth.