Resources by Topic: About Randy

Randy Alcorn discusses the role dogs have played in his life.

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.

Okay, let’s go with this: in 1985, I was diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes. God has used this disease powerfully in my life.

In Charles Hummel’s booklet Tyranny of the Urgent, which I read as a young Christian thirty-five years ago, he said that what is urgent is often not important, and what is important is typically not urgent.

My normal approach to Bible study is to pore over texts that relate to something on my mind and heart. Sometimes this has been prompted by my research on current book projects.  

I came to Christ at an uncool church (not the one in the photo, but built in the same era).

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 am Scotch-Irish (or some prefer Scottish-Irish), descending back to three Alcorn brothers who lived in Belfast long ago. There are indications the three brothers came from Scotland.

My father was the most resistant person to the gospel I’ve ever known. He warned me never to talk to him again about “that religious stuff.”

I did an interview about my job as a writer with Clash, a website for Christian teens.

During a break from a filming session, Randy Alcorn introduced viewers to his Star Trek mug.

Randy’s father Arthur was the 10^th of thirteen children, twelve of them boys. Randy’s ancestors on his father’s side are from Imboden, Arkansas and before that Posey County, Indiana. 

In this 24-minute audio, Randy talks with Wayne Shepherd and shares, among other things, his story of coming to faith in Christ. 

I look forward to meeting Olympic champion and missionary to China Eric Liddell, the hero of the movie Chariots of Fire.