Randy answers the question of how his theology of heaven manifests itself in his fiction novels. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class, available at http://www.epm.org/store/product/eternity-101/
In 1970, when I was sixteen and a new Christian, friends invited me to an evening class on the Gospel of John taught by John G. Mitchell, one of Multnomah School of the Bible’s founders. I became hooked on Bible study and knew my future was at Multnomah.
I completed my bachelor’s work in 1975, married my favorite Multnomah student, Nanci, and soon entered the school’s new master’s program. One of my favorite theology professors, Dr. Joseph Wong, scratched on a term paper: “You should consider being a writer.” I took it to heart. (And have ...
While God has been gracious to bless all of my books with spiritual impact on people, Safely Home is one of them that has had particularly deep effects.
I’ve heard that some people write endorsements without carefully reading the books they endorse. What are your thoughts about this?
The old practice of capitalizing pronouns of deity has been done in very few Bible translations historically, and was abandoned by most Christian publishers years ago. I continued to do it for years but it created inconsistencies since I would capitalize pronouns of deity, then quote Scripture that didn’t. The inconsistency stood out. The only alternative would be to quote from NASB or NKJV, neither of which is my preference.
Of course, I would never agree to Christ or God not being capitalized. But notice that while Heaven is capitalized (since it is an actual place), I don’t ...
Honestly, it was one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life. I had lots of 12 to 16 hour days, and although I knew it would only be for a season, it took its toll.
People trust what you have to say about heaven. Your 2004 book by that title was a best seller. Can we expect a book from you on the topic of hell some day?
I have chapters on Hell in my books Heaven and If God Is Good. And I have one hell scene in most of my novels, each a bit different than the others. I have no plans to write a whole book on Hell. But I recently wrote the foreword to Mark Galli’s excellent book, God Wins, and endorsed ...
A September 2011 interview with Randy Alcorn by Randall Murphree for OneNewsNow.com.
Car chases, shootouts, gang activity, corrupt cops, clear-cut villains and heroes, and the eternal confrontation between good and evil—they're all present in Courageous the movie, which goes to theaters next week. The same elements and more also fill the pages of Courageous the novel.
Have some things happened in your own circle of friends and family in the past few years that prompted you to write We Shall See God, an upbeat book on the topic of heaven?
Last year I said yes to writing a novel based on the screenplay of the new movie Courageous(www.courageousthemovie.com), which is being released in theaters on September 30. The movie was done by the Kendrick brothers, Stephen and Alex, who produced Facing the Giants and Fireproof. As Fireproofcentered on fire fighters and marriage, Courageous centers on police officers and fatherhood and, not surprisingly, COURAGE for men in their homes and personal lives.
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