Randy Alcorn

Gresham

Founder and Director, Eternal Perspective Ministries at Freelance

Author of over sixty books, founder and director of @epmorg; love Jesus, my wife Nanci (now with Jesus), daughters, sons and five grandsons!

Articles

Our Call To Protect And Disciple Our Children

3 weeks ago | patheos.com | Randy Alcorn

I’ve known Christian parents who wish their teenagers wouldn’t watch R-rated movies, wish their daughters wouldn’t wear suggestive swimsuits and prom dresses, and wish their sons wouldn’t tell dirty jokes, put certain posters on their walls, or listen to music that glorifies immorality. We must stop wishing and start acting! God does not give us responsibility without corresponding authority.
Can We Store up Treasures in Heaven in More Ways Than Giving Money?

3 weeks ago | epm.org | Randy Alcorn

The primary passage of Scripture that talks about storing up treasures in Heaven is Matthew 6:19-21, where Jesus tells us to transfer our wealth from one place to another: “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
In His Deliverance Of A Desperate Man, Jesus Gives Us Hope

3 weeks ago | patheos.com | Randy Alcorn

Mark 5:1–20 speaks powerfully of an angry, alienated, and lonely man, driven to despair at the hands of evil spirits. This ancient story captures the emptiness and desperation of countless people today. “This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him…. He tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
Eternal Perspective Ministries

3 weeks ago | epm.org | Randy Alcorn

When you look closely, God’s love is very different from “unconditional positive regard,” the seedbed of contemporary notions of unconditional love. God does not accept me just as I am; He loves me despite how I am; He loves me just as Jesus is; He loves me enough to devote my life to renewing me in the image of Jesus. This love is much, much, much better than unconditional! Perhaps we could call it “contraconditional” love.
50 Years Ago, Nanci and I Said “I Do”

4 weeks ago | epm.org | Randy Alcorn

Tomorrow, May 31, is Nanci’s and my 50th wedding anniversary. I thank God for His faithfulness and the time we had together. I’m so grateful for how Nanci put up with me for all those years, and for being not only my wife, but also my best friend and my closest sister in Christ. I keep thanking God for her partnership and companionship in the gospel.
William Wilberforce Encourages Us to Look to Jesus, and Be Happy

1 month ago | epm.org | Randy Alcorn

One of my great heroes is William Wilberforce. He is credited as the primary human agent to bring about the end of slavery in England. Wilberforce wrote, The gospel freely admitted makes a man happy. It gives him peace with God, and makes him happy in God.
God’s Answer To, “Why Don’t You Do Something About Evil?”

1 month ago | patheos.com | Randy Alcorn

Self-described agnostic atheist Bart Ehrman writes, “I came to think that there is not a God who is actively involved with this world of pain and misery—if he is, why doesn’t he do something about it?”But what if God did do something about it? What if what He did was so great and unprecedented that it shook the angelic realm’s foundation, and ripped in half, from the top down, not only the temple curtain but the fabric of the universe itself?
What Does It Mean to Give Quietly?

1 month ago | epm.org | Randy Alcorn

Jesus says, “Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven” (Matthew 6:1). The illustrations that follow include prayer and fasting, but begin with giving. When you give to the needy, He says, don’t announce it, as do the hypocrites, who want to be honored by men. Instead, give quietly, not telling anyone, “so that your giving may be in secret.
There’s Pride in Choosing Our Own Preferences over God’s Revealed Doctrines

1 month ago | epm.org | Randy Alcorn

Our theology tends to come from whatever we trust. The fact that a writer or teacher has some good insights along the way makes the heresy all the more effective. Hand somebody undisguised rat poison and they won’t eat it. Cover it in chocolate, and they likely will. All effective heresy contains much that is true—it’s the chocolate that deceives us into eating rat poison.
Will We Have Physical Forms In The Present Heaven?

1 month ago | patheos.com | Randy Alcorn

Given the consistent physical descriptions of the present Heaven and those who dwell there, it seems possible—though this is certainly debatable—that between the time of our entrance to Heaven and our resurrection, we may be given temporary pre-resurrection bodies (Luke 16:19-26; Revelation 6:11).