Quotes by Randy Alcorn
Randy Alcorn (b. 1954) — US-amerikanischer christlicher Bestsellerautor und ehemaliger Pastor · evangelikal · USA
Randy Alcorn (* 1954) ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Theologe, Bestsellerautor und ehemaliger Pastor aus Oregon, der seit 1990 die Organisation „Eternal Perspective Ministries“ leitet. Bekanntheit erlangte er mit Büchern über den Himmel und christliche Haushalterschaft, während sein Engagement in der Lebensrechtsbewegung Ende der 1980er-Jahre zu Festnahmen und einer zivilrechtlichen Verurteilung nach Klinikblockaden führte. Heutigen Bibellesern vermittelt sein Werk eine systematische Beschäftigung mit der biblischen Zukunftshoffnung und regt zu materieller Großzügigkeit sowie einem einfachen Lebensstil an.
Era: Today
Recurring topics: Grace & Redemption, Money & Possessions, Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, Freedom & Truth, Humility & Pride, Temptation & Struggle, Growth & Character, Discipleship
Quotes by Randy Alcorn
You can’t take it with you – but you can send it on ahead.
Randy Alcorn
It is always easier to avoid temptation than to resist it.
Randy Alcorn
The hours we spend with God are the well from which our sanctification flows — and our joy.
Randy Alcorn
We often fall to our knees after losing a battle. It would be better to be on our knees before the battle begins.
Randy Alcorn
Are we trying to atone for our sins? We can’t. Only Jesus can, and He already did. Don’t try to repeat the atonement – just accept it! Embrace God’s forgiveness.
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Ephesians 4:15 tells us to speak the truth in love, not to withhold the truth in love.
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Everything we try to hold on to down here will be lost. But everything we put into God’s hands will be ours for eternity.
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Truth without grace crushes people and ceases to be truth. Grace without truth deceives people and ceases to be grace.
Randy Alcorn
God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving.
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Godly living centers not on we avoid, but on whom we embrace. Anytime we talk more about dos and don’ts than about Jesus, something’s wrong.
Randy Alcorn
God’s grace didn’t get us going then leave us to get by on our works. Grace didn’t just justify us in the past, it sustains us in the present and will deliver us in the future.
Randy Alcorn
If we minimize grace the world sees no hope for salvation. If we minimize truth, the world sees no need for salvation. To show the world Jesus, we must offer unabridged grace and truth, emphasizing both, apologizing for neither.
Randy Alcorn
The hardest part about grace – swallowing our pride and saying, “I don’t deserve this any more than that criminal does.”
Randy Alcorn
When we offend everybody, it’s because we’ve taken on the truth mantle without grace. When we offend nobody, it’s because we’ve watered down truth in the name of grace.
Randy Alcorn
When you leave this world, will you be known as one who accumulated treasures on earth that you couldn’t keep? Or will you be recognized as one who invested treasures in heaven that you couldn’t lose?
Randy Alcorn
Many Christians dread the thought of leaving this world. Why? Because so many have stored up their treasures on earth, not in heaven. Each day brings us closer to death. If your treasures are on earth, that means each day brings you closer to losing your treasures.
Randy Alcorn
Truth without grace degenerates into judgmental legalism. Grace without truth degenerates into deceitful tolerance.
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!
Randy Alcorn
[The] denial of hell in the name of grace discourages people from the grace [such a person claims to] love, while leading [the individual] toward the hell [one] hates and denies… He who thinks he’s not drowning won’t reach for the life preserver.
Randy Alcorn
The devil's strategy is to declare evil normal.
Randy Alcorn
God has bigger plans for his money than securing my prosperity.
Randy Alcorn
Any concept of grace that makes us feel more comfortable about sinning is not biblical grace. God’s grace never encourages us to live in sin; on the contrary, it empowers us to say no to sin and yes to truth.
Randy Alcorn
Humility isn’t pretending we’re unworthy because it’s spiritual – it’s recognizing we’re unworthy because it’s true.
Randy Alcorn
A paradox is an apparent contradiction. Grace and truth aren’t really contradictory. Jesus didn’t switch on truth, then turn it off so He could switch on grace. Both are permanently switched on in Jesus. Both should be switched on in us… Truth without grace breeds a self-righteousness legalism that poisons the church and pushes the world from Christ. Grace without truth breeds moral indifference and keeps people from seeing their need for Christ. Attempts to “soften” the gospel by minimizing truth keep people from Jesus. Attempts to “toughen” the gospel by minimizing grace keep people from Jesus. It’s not enough for us to offer grace or truth. We must offer both.
Randy Alcorn
I’ve heard people say, “I want more of a heart for missions.” I always respond, “Jesus tells you exactly how to get it. Put your money in missions – and in your church and the poor – and your heart will follow.”
Randy Alcorn
Our debt to God is infinitely beyond our capacity to pay. Our debt to God is infinitely greater than any person’s debt to us. When we truly experience God’s forgiveness for our sins it will transform us into forgiving people.
Randy Alcorn
Behavior modification that’s not empowered by God’s heart-changing grace is self-righteousness, as repugnant to God as the worst sins people gossip about.
Randy Alcorn
But isn’t it wrong to be motivated by reward? No, it isn’t. If it were wrong, Christ wouldn’t offer it to us as a motivation. Reward is His idea, not ours.
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All the treasures we gather on earth, we leave behind when we depart from here. All the treasures we gather in heaven wait for us when we arrive there.
Randy Alcorn
Whoever gives generously shows that Christ is his Lord. On this rests a blessing that brings forth joy.
Randy Alcorn
God doesn’t look at just what we give. He also looks at what we keep.
Randy Alcorn
Christ’s heart is equally grieved by grace-suppression and truth-suppression, by grace-twisting and truth-twisting.
Randy Alcorn
If you are a Christian, you are in the devil's crosshairs.
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Tomorrow's character is the result of today's thoughts.
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God’s grace faces hell’s reality straight on, offering full deliverance. Denying hell takes the wind out of grace’s sails. If there’s no eternal hell, the stakes of redemption are vastly lowered. What exactly did Jesus die to rescue us from?
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The worse we realize we are, the greater we realize God’s grace is.
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When Jesus warns us not to store up treasures on earth, it’s not just because wealth might be lost; it’s because wealth will always be lost. Either it leaves us while we live, or we leave it when we die. No exceptions… Realizing its value is temporary should radically affect our investment strategy… According to Jesus, storing up earthly treasures isn’t simply wrong. It’s just plain stupid.
Randy Alcorn
Truth without grace breeds a self-righteous legalism.
Randy Alcorn
No matter how valuable our possessions are here on earth, in eternity they are worthless.
Randy Alcorn
When Christ returns, this earth's money will be worthless.
Randy Alcorn
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