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Fri, Mar 19, 2010
Randy Alcorn
About Randy Alcorn, Christian Life, Marriage and Family
church leadership, counselor, leadership, parenting, pastor

How do you enjoy your family and the ministry?

Question from a reader:

I’m a full-time youth pastor with four beautiful kids and an incredibly supportive wife. It is so hard to juggle ministry and family and do it well. As someone who has reached the other side, and now with grandkids, does it get easier? How did you find the energy and time to really enjoy the kids AND the ministry?

Answer from Randy Alcorn:

It did get easier as the kids got older, and more when they launched out into the world on their own, and most of all, of course, when they got married. Yet ...

How do you prioritize everything that you’ve got going on? Do you ever feel like there’s never enough time in the day?

Yes, sometimes I really do struggle with how quickly time runs out each day. I try to focus on the Lord and His Word and figure out the few things in life He really wants me to do. I say no to 98% of invitations, and regularly decline things I really wish I could do. I’ve decided that if I am going to have time to write I will have to fight for it. Every day, including this one, offers me a hundred distractions, not just bad things, but good things. I tell myself that I must say no ...

Fri, Mar 19, 2010
Randy Alcorn
About Randy Alcorn, Doctrine and Theology
holy spirit

How do you sense the leading of the Holy Spirit?

Question from a reader:

How do you sense the leading of the Holy Spirit? Is it through reading Scripture, a Scripture that comes to mind, or an idea that won’t go away?

Answer from Randy Alcorn:

Each of those ways. For me, it begins with Scripture, because I never have to wonder if it’s from God. I know it is. Seems odd to me to ask for God’s direction in dozens of secondary areas if I’m disobeying what He says is His will in primary areas.

Sometimes sensing the Spirit’s leading is subjective, but it ...

In Light of Eternity: Randy’s Comments

I really enjoyed writing In Light of Eternity.

Randy’s Interview with a Norwegian Journalist about his testimony and writing

I would be glad if you could tell me shortly some more about yourself. How and why you became a pastor/author/ started EPM-ministries. Have you always been a Christian? What it is the most important task behind this ministry? ( I have looked at the sites on www.epm.org, but I am interested in your priority.)

I was raised in a non-Christian home, and first heard the gospel when I was 15 years old. After reading the Bible daily over a period of months, I placed my faith in Christ in 1969. My life radically changed, and following Christ ...

Thu, Mar 04, 2010
Randy Alcorn
About Randy Alcorn, Writing
christian writer's guild, interviews with randy, jerry jenkins

Randy’s responses to questions about writing asked by Jerry Jenkins and the Christian Writers Guild

Randy’s responses to questions asked by Jerry Jenkins and the Christian Writers Guild.

Randy Alcorn’s Interview with FaithfulReader.com about his life and testimony

I’ve written 17 nonfiction books and seven novels. The novels, while different in style from nonfiction, are nonetheless touched by a biblical worldview and can reach some people who won’t be reached by nonfiction.

Sun, Feb 21, 2010
Randy Alcorn
About Randy Alcorn

What are the Challenges and Payoff of Writing?

It’s really something you have to accept by faith, trusting that a measurable result will come, even if the book isn’t read by people for another two years.