Of course, I love Jonas and Jesus and the boys ...but when it comes to men who have changed my life and how I know God...this man does it!
One of the best, most awe-inspiring writers that I always feel challenged by is Randy Alcorn.
1. His book, Heaven, will totally revolutionize your thoughts about our future as believers and about witnessing to the lost while you are here.
2. His newsletter: Eternal Perspectives. It is free and it is AWESOME. To get his newsletter you can go to www.epm.org. Our church, though I love it (it has a great heart for local folks that don’t know Christ), does not give much to foreign missions. Jonas and I feel burdened about that and this newsletter spotlights a ministry each month (from all over the world) that Alcorn and his organization supports. Each month there is a feature on heaven, why we are pro-life, a missions project, and usually something about finances…which brings me to his next book.
3. The Treasure Principle—I am currently reading it right now and it is really blowing my mind. He is such a generous giver it makes me feel like a big nothing. I have a ways to go in this area, but Jonas and I have really done better in the past 2 years to up the anty in our giving. God has been amazing to provide us with so much, so we have felt honored to give him more lately and in new and different ways.
4. The Grace Truth Paradox—This book does the best job EVER of explaining why I go to Foothills Community Church. Some churches and people are too much TRUTH, without the GRACE and some are too much GRACE, without the TRUTH! Lost people need a healthy dose of both and that is what Christ gave us. He did not mince words when it comes to hating sin, but he also is very forgiving and loving even when folks are still far from him. We are to be the pleasant aroma of Christ, but at the same time we should be different from lost people and our lives should not look like theirs. It is truly are balance that is hard to keep.
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