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Randy Alcorn

Randy Alcorn is a best-selling author of many books and the director of Eternal Perspective Ministries.

Meet the Resurrected You

Meet the Resurrected You

If we better understood heaven, we would long for it more. Let Scripture dispel the myths that might make this life seem better.

Can Cancer Be God’s Servant? What I Saw in My Wife’s Last Years

Can Cancer Be God’s Servant?

What I Saw in My Wife’s Last Years

Earlier this year, Randy Alcorn lost his wife, Nanci, after a long, hard battle with colon cancer. He rehearses a promise that held her in her last days — and that has held him since.

A Pandemic of Disunity: How We Drive the World Away

A Pandemic of Disunity

How We Drive the World Away

The church has an excellent opportunity to show forth Jesus Christ by how it unites in this time of increasing disunity.

Our Most Destructive Assumption About Heaven

Our Most Destructive Assumption About Heaven

Many assume heaven will be life without earth. The true heaven, the forever heaven, will be earth with our God.

Let Go of Lies About Heaven: Eight Myths Many Believe

Let Go of Lies About Heaven

Eight Myths Many Believe

The true biblical doctrine of heaven is far more glorious, attractive, and God-glorifying than the myths we often believe about it.

No One Was Happier Than Jesus

No One Was Happier Than Jesus

Jesus does not just offer happiness for his people during one season of the year. He offers his own joy for this life which will spill into the next.

Common Christian Myths About Happiness

Common Christian Myths About Happiness

If others say to you, “God calls us to holiness, not happiness,” they have not yet understood what God says about holiness.

Does Grace Still Amaze You?

Does Grace Still Amaze You?

When sin seems small to us, grace is taken for granted. When sin seems scandalous to us, grace becomes amazing.

Waiting When God Seems Silent

Waiting When God Seems Silent

When we are waiting for God, it can seem like he has gone silent. But God is never silent, and he is always working for the good of those who love him.

The Good We Never Ask For: What God Does for Us in Suffering

The Good We Never Ask For

What God Does for Us in Suffering

Someday, we will appreciate all that God was doing in our trials, but we don’t have to wait until then to receive the good he gives in the midst of them.

Finding God at the End of Ourselves

Finding God at the End of Ourselves

God considers our faith of such importance that he is willing to allow us pain to strengthen it.

Heaven Would Be Hell Without God

Heaven Would Be Hell Without God

Heaven is not about going to see all your loved ones again. Heaven is about going and seeing your God.

Trusting God When the Pain Seems Pointless

Trusting God When the Pain Seems Pointless

When you feel the sting of seemingly pointless pain, keep trusting God. Just because it feels pointless doesn’t mean that it is pointless.

Why Do You Want to Be Happy?

Why Do You Want to Be Happy?

If we separate the gospel from our happiness, we communicate Christianity is dull and miserable. We need to celebrate our joy in Jesus, and expose all the counterfeits.

Breathe in the Happiness of Heaven

Breathe in the Happiness of Heaven

Until Christ cures this world, our happiness will be punctuated by sorrow. But that doesn’t mean our happiness is not real today.

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What Will My Happiness Look Like in Heaven?

What Will My Happiness Look Like in Heaven?

God offers all of his children joy in Christ now. But compared to heaven, those are just mere glimpses of what is to come.

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Christian Joy and Feasting

Christian Joy and Feasting

Throughout the Scriptures, God’s people feast as an expression of their joy in the Lord. What would it look like for the church to be known for celebration and joy?

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The Two Sworn Enemies of Our Joy

The Two Sworn Enemies of Our Joy

Sin and anxiety threaten to still our happiness every day. Thankfully, Jesus offers us greater pleasure than sin and an antidote to all our worry.

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If God Is Happy, Why Does He Seem Bad-Tempered?

If God Is Happy, Why Does He Seem Bad-Tempered?

As we read the Bible, we see a God who is righteously angry at sin. But we can’t let that overshadow the reality that God is a fundamentally happy being.

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Is Happiness Different from Joy?

Is Happiness Different from Joy?

We often hear that joy and happiness are fundamentally different. But does this idea actually hold up to the way the Bible presents the concepts of happiness and joy to us?

Banished from Humanity

Banished from Humanity

C.S. Lewis and the Doctrine of Hell

In this article, Randy Alcorn shares C.S. Lewis’ thoughts on the fate of the ungodly.

The Romantic Rationalist

The Romantic Rationalist

God, Life, and Imagination in the Work of C. S. Lewis

Lewis saw beauty and wonder everywhere. And his writing sings with these realities, resounding with passion that always points to God.

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What Age Will I Appear in Heaven?

What Age Will I Appear in Heaven?

Questions abound when it comes to our eternal home. What about our bodies? What age will we appear in heaven?

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Sex in Heaven?

Does a sexless heaven sound boring to you? Randy Alcorn explains how our marriage to Jesus will enhance our earthly relationships, not diminish them.

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Travel in Heaven?

Travel in Heaven?

Randy Alcorn argues that bucket lists have little merit for Christians who will have the new creation at their fingertips to enjoy to the glory of God.

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