Randy Alcorn Quotes

Source: Money, Possessions, and Eternity

“Whenever I see an unmarried woman carrying a child, my first response is one of respect. I know she could have taken the quick fix without anyone knowing, but she chose instead to let an innocent child live.”

Knows Firsts Children Knowing Taken Response Innocent Unmarried Married Women Quick Fixes Innocent Children Carrying A Child

Book:Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments

Source: Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments

“This is one of the great paradoxes of suffering. Those who don't suffer much think suffering should keep people from God, while many who suffer a great deal turn to God, not from him.”

People Thinking Should Suffering Turns Deals Paradox Turn To God

Author:Randy Alcorn

“You are made for a person and a place. Jesus is the person. Heaven is the place.”

Persons Made Jesus Heaven

Author:Randy Alcorn

“Not only will we see His face and live, but we will likely wonder if we ever lived before we saw His face!”

Ifs Faces Wonder Saws

Book:Heaven

Source: Heaven

“For Christians this present life is the closest they will come to Hell. For unbelievers, it is the closest they will come to Heaven.”

Christian Life Is Heaven Hell Closest Unbelievers Present Life

Book:Eternal Perspectives: A Collection of Quotations on Heaven, the New Earth, and Life after Death

Source: Eternal Perspectives: A Collection of Quotations on Heaven, the New Earth, and Life after Death

“When Paul was taken in chains from his filthy Roman dungeon and beheaded at the order of the opulent madman Nero, two representatives of humanity faced off, one of the best and one of the worst. One lived for prosperity on earth, the other didn’t. One now lives in prosperity in heaven, the other doesn’t. We remember both men for what they truly were, which is why we name our sons Paul and our dogs Nero.”

Men Two Earth Remember Humanity Order Names Heaven Taken Worst Dog Son Prosperity Chains Representatives Madmen Filthy Dungeons Nero

Author:Randy Alcorn

“A nominal Christian often discovers in suffering that his faith has been in his church, denomination, or family tradition, but not Christ. As he faces evil and suffering, he may lose his faith. But that’s actually a good thing. I have sympathy for people who lose their faith, but any faith lost in suffering wasn’t a faith worth keeping.”

People May Has Beens Christian Faces Suffering Evil Lost Christ Loses Church Tradition Good Things Denominations Family Tradition Evil And Suffering

Book:If God Is Good Study Guide: Companion to If God Is Good

Source: If God Is Good Study Guide: Companion to If God Is Good

“Selfishness is when we pursue gain at the expense of others. But God doesn’t have a limited number of treasures to distribute. When you store up treasures for yourself in heaven, it doesn’t reduce the treasures available to others. In fact, it is by serving God and others that we store up heavenly treasures. Everyone gains; no one loses.”

Facts Heaven Loses Numbers Gains Available Stores Treasure Pursue Selfishness Heavenly Serving Expenses Serving God

Book:The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving

Source: The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving

“God is the greatest giver in the universe, He won’t let you outgive Him.”

Universe Giver

Book:The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving

Source: The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving

“Cheap grace replaces truth with tolerance, lowering the bar so everyone can jump over it and we can all feel good about ourselves.”

Feels Sin Grace Tolerance Bars Feel Good Compromise Over It Cheap Grace

Author:Randy Alcorn

“What is good about Good Friday? Why isn't it called Bad Friday? Because out of the appallingly bad came what was inexpressibly good. And the good trumps the bad, because though the bad was temporary, the good is eternal.”

Trump Eternal Temporary Friday Good Friday

Book:Ninety Days of God's Goodness: Daily Reflections That Shine Light on Personal Darkness

Source: Ninety Days of God's Goodness: Daily Reflections That Shine Light on Personal Darkness

“When my thirst for joy is satisfied by Christ, sin becomes unattractive.”

Joy Christ Sin Satisfied Thirst Unattractive

Book:Happiness

Source: Happiness

“The greatest deterrent to giving is the illusion that this earth is our home.”

Giving Home Earth Illusion Deterrent

Author:Randy Alcorn

“There's only one requirement for enjoying God's grace: being broke . . . and knowing it.”

Enjoy Knowing Grace Broke Requirements God's Grace Being Broke

Book:Grace: A Bigger View of God's Love

Source: Grace: A Bigger View of God's Love

“It is by serving God and others that we store up heavenly treasures. Everyone gains; no one loses.”

Loses Gains Stores Treasure Heavenly Serving Serving God

Book:The Law of Rewards

Source: The Law of Rewards

“Statistics show that a soldier's chances of survival in the front lines of combat are greater than the chances of an unborn child avoiding abortion. What should be the safest place to live in America - a mother's womb - is now the most dangerous place.”

“As you go through life, don’t let your feelings-real as they are-invalidate your need to let the truth of God’s words guide your thinking. Remember that the path to your heart travels through your mind. Truth matters.”

Thinking Needs Mind Heart Real Matter Feelings Remember Path Guides Truth Of God

Book:Seeing the Unseen, Expanded Edition: A 90-Day Devotional to Set Your Mind on Eternity

Source: Seeing the Unseen, Expanded Edition: A 90-Day Devotional to Set Your Mind on Eternity

“He who lays up treasures in heaven looks forward to eternity”

Looks Heaven Eternity Lays Treasure Treasures In Heaven Backing Away

Book:The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving

Source: The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving

“Someday this upside-down world will be turned right side up. Nothing in all eternity will turn it back again. If we are wise, we will use our brief lives on earth positioning ourselves for the turn.”

Ifs World Use Earth Turns Sides Wise Eternity Someday Upside Down Back Again World Upside Down Things Upside Down Brief Life

Author:Randy Alcorn

“Something nonhuman doesn’t become human by getting older and bigger; whatever is human is human from the beginning.”

Humans Bigger Getting Old Getting Older

Book:Why Pro-Life?: Caring for the Unborn and Their Mothers

Source: Why Pro-Life?: Caring for the Unborn and Their Mothers

“Grace and truth are spiritual DNA, the building blocks of Christ-centered living.”

Spiritual Christ Grace Building Block Dna Building Blocks

Book:The Grace and Truth Paradox: Responding with Christlike Balance

Source: The Grace and Truth Paradox: Responding with Christlike Balance

“We are all theologians, either good ones or bad ones. I'd rather be a good one. Wouldn't you?”

Theologian

Book:Courageous: A Novel

Source: Courageous: A Novel

“How we spend our time verifies what we value most: TV, the Internet, or God's Word?”

Values Tvs Internet Our Time Verify

Book:Seeing the Unseen, Expanded Edition: A 90-Day Devotional to Set Your Mind on Eternity

Source: Seeing the Unseen, Expanded Edition: A 90-Day Devotional to Set Your Mind on Eternity

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