- Tue, Mar 30, 2010
- About Randy Alcorn
Randy honors his mother (video)
Randy honors his mother, Lucille Alcorn, in a special video.
Randy honors his mother, Lucille Alcorn, in a special video.
I’ve been fortunate to get published the books I’ve most wanted to write, with one exception. I have a book related to Scripture and astronomy, which has been my hobby since I was a kid. I’ve collected lots of photos and amazing facts about the universe, and many years ago tried to get it published but it was too expensive with all the photos and permissions. Now I have a publisher who says they want me to do it. I just have to find the time to get back to it, which I really want to do ...
Randy talking about the encouragement he receives from emails and stories that readers share with him.
Randy's shares his story at the Seed Company Invitational 2007.
Andrea Doering of Crossings Book Club interviews Randy Alcorn about his book Edge of Eternity.
As long as people know that fiction is fiction, we shouldn’t apologize for using our God-given imaginations to create worlds for characters to inhabit, and for readers to enjoy and learn from.
I’ve been told about your ministry and the issue of birth control pills causing abortions. I’m doing continuing research on this subject, but I’m careful who I receive information from. I would like to know if you’re part of a church denomination, or whom the ministry is accountable to. Please don’t take this the wrong way, but I feel it’s important to know about the person we receive counsel from.
We’re glad you’re careful who you get information from.
Randy Alcorn is founder of Eternal Perspective Ministries. He was a pastor for ...
iChristian.com: Every Christian cares about eternity, but you have a special passion and focus on the world to come. What causes that special passion?
Randy Alcorn: I’ve always been struck by the teaching of Scripture that this world is not our home, that our citizenship is in heaven, we’re ambassadors representing a foreign country, we’re pilgrims and strangers on this earth. My best friend from childhood, Jerry Hardin, got cancer eight years ago. One day I was reading him Revelation 22. I read verse 17, which says “Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes ...
I learned to love reading through comic books Archie and Richie, Rich and Marvel (esp. Fantastic Four). But I was a DC fan, my favorites being The Justice League of America (Green Lantern was my hero) and The Legion of Super Heroes (go, Lightning Lad). From there I dove into science fiction and fantasy, spending my nights looking through my telescope, then coming to bed freezing cold and reading science fiction by flashlight under my covers, so Mom wouldn’t see the light on.
I vividly remember forty years ago looking through the kids fiction section in the local library ...