Sin and death and suffering and war and poverty are not naturalโthey are the devastating results of our rebellion against God. We long for a return to Paradiseโa perfect world, without the corruption of sin, where God walks with us and talks with us in the cool of the day.
Randy AlcornGive deliberately. Giving is at its best when it's a conscious effort that's repeatedly made.
Randy AlcornTithing isn't the ceiling of giving; it's the floor. It's not the finish line of giving; it's just the starting blocks. Tithes can be the training wheels to launch us into the mind-set, skills, and habits of grace giving.
Randy AlcornThose who know their unworthiness seize grace as a hungry man seizes bread: the self-righteous resent grace.
Randy AlcornMy purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.
Randy AlcornNothing is more often misdiagnosed than our homesickness for Heaven. We think that what we want is sex, drugs, alcohol, a new job, a raise, a doctorate, a spouse, a large-screen television, a new car, a cabin in the woods, a condo in Hawaii. What we really want is the person we were made for, Jesus, and the place we were made for, Heaven. Nothing less can satisfy us.
Randy Alcorn