Randy Alcorn
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Randy Alcorn is an American
Protestant author
and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries, a non-profit Christian organization dedicated to teaching an eternal viewpoint and helping the needy of the world. He has written several novels, including Deadline, Dominion, and Deception. He received a Gold Medallion Book Award
in 2003 for his novel Safely Home
. He has also written a number of non-fiction books, including Heaven, The Purity Principle, and The Treasure Principle. Eternal Perspective Ministries owns the royalties to his books and 100 percent of them are given away to support missions, famine relief, pro-life
work, and other ministries.
He and his wife, Nanci, have two grown up and married daughters, Karina and Angela, who assisted him in writing the novel The Ishbane Conspiracy in 2001. Randy and Nanci have four grandsons. They live in Gresham, Oregon
.
He wrote a book similar to The Screwtape Letters
called Lord Foulgrin's Letters. In Alcorn's book, references are made to demons, known only as "ST" and "WW" (for it had become a crime in Hell to even speak their real names), who had their letters found by a human and were punished by Beelzebub
for their incompetence. He has also written a sequel to Lord Foulgrin's Letters entitled The Ishbane Conspiracy in which Lord Foulgrin from the first book is put on probation and is receiving letters from a senior demon named Prince Ishbane. In between the letters actual scenes from the humans lives unfold.
In November 2009, Alcorn signed an ecumenical statement known as the Manhattan Declaration
calling on Evangelicals, Catholics and Orthodox not to comply with rules and laws permitting abortion, same-sex marriage and other matters that go against their religious consciences.
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Protestant author
Author
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and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries, a non-profit Christian organization dedicated to teaching an eternal viewpoint and helping the needy of the world. He has written several novels, including Deadline, Dominion, and Deception. He received a Gold Medallion Book Award
Gold Medallion Book Award
The Christian Book Award is an annual award given by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association to honor Christian content in several categories, including Bibles, Fiction, Children, Inspiration, Bible Reference, and Non-Fiction. Winners are announced each year at the industry's Executive...
in 2003 for his novel Safely Home
Safely Home
Safely Home is a Christian novel by Randy Alcorn. It takes place in present-day China, and follows the story of two Harvard roommates, one American and one Chinese, who reunite decades after they graduate. The novel won the Gold Medallion Book Award for evangelical literature....
. He has also written a number of non-fiction books, including Heaven, The Purity Principle, and The Treasure Principle. Eternal Perspective Ministries owns the royalties to his books and 100 percent of them are given away to support missions, famine relief, pro-life
Pro-life
Opposition to the legalization of abortion is centered around the pro-life, or anti-abortion, movement, a social and political movement opposing elective abortion on moral grounds and supporting its legal prohibition or restriction...
work, and other ministries.
He and his wife, Nanci, have two grown up and married daughters, Karina and Angela, who assisted him in writing the novel The Ishbane Conspiracy in 2001. Randy and Nanci have four grandsons. They live in Gresham, Oregon
Gresham, Oregon
- Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 90,205 people, 33,327 households, and 22,695 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,071.6 people per square mile . There were 35,309 housing units at an average density of 1,593.8 per square mile...
.
He wrote a book similar to The Screwtape Letters
The Screwtape Letters
The Screwtape Letters is a satirical Christian apologetics novel written in epistolary style by C. S. Lewis, first published in book form in February 1942...
called Lord Foulgrin's Letters. In Alcorn's book, references are made to demons, known only as "ST" and "WW" (for it had become a crime in Hell to even speak their real names), who had their letters found by a human and were punished by Beelzebub
Beelzebub
Beelzebub -Religious meaning:Ba‘al Zəbûb is variously understood to mean "lord of flies", or "lord of the dwelling". Originally the name of a Philistine god, Beelzebub is also identified in the New Testament as Satan, the "prince of the demons". In Arabic the name is retained as Ba‘al dhubaab /...
for their incompetence. He has also written a sequel to Lord Foulgrin's Letters entitled The Ishbane Conspiracy in which Lord Foulgrin from the first book is put on probation and is receiving letters from a senior demon named Prince Ishbane. In between the letters actual scenes from the humans lives unfold.
In November 2009, Alcorn signed an ecumenical statement known as the Manhattan Declaration
Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience
The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience is a manifesto issued by Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical Christian leaders to affirm support of "the sanctity of life, traditional marriage, and religious liberty". It was drafted on October 20, 2009 and released November 20, 2009,...
calling on Evangelicals, Catholics and Orthodox not to comply with rules and laws permitting abortion, same-sex marriage and other matters that go against their religious consciences.
Non-fiction
- Christians in the Wake of the Sexual Revolution: Recovering Our Sexual Sanity (Multnomah 1985), ISBN 0-88070-095-5
- Women Under Stress: Preserving Your Sanity (Multnomah 1986), ISBN 0-88070-157-9 (with Nanci Alcorn)
- Money, Possessions, and Eternity (Tyndale House 1989), ISBN 0-8423-8731-5 (2003 rev. ed., ISBN 0-8423-5360-7)
- Sexual Temptation: How Christian Workers Can Win the Battle (InterVarsity Press 1989), ISBN 0-87784-223-X
- Is Rescuing Right?: Breaking the Law to Save the Unborn (InterVarsity Press 1990), ISBN 0-8308-1301-2
- Pro Life Answers to Pro Choice Arguments (Multnomah 1992), ISBN 0-88070-472-1 (2000 rev. ed., ISBN 1-57673-751-9)
- In Light of Eternity: Perspectives on Heaven (WaterBrook Press 1999), ISBN 1-57856-299-6
- The Treasure Principle (Multnomah 2001), ISBN 1-57673-780-2
- The Treasure Principle Bible Study (Multnomah 2003), ISBN 1-59052-187-0 (with Brian Smith)
- The Grace and Truth Paradox (Multnomah 2003), ISBN 1-59052-065-3
- The Purity Principle (Multnomah 2003), ISBN 1-59052-195-1
- The Law of Rewards (Tyndale House 2003), ISBN 0-8423-8106-6
- Heaven (Tyndale House 2004), ISBN 0-8423-7942-8
- 50 Days of Heaven: Reflections That Bring Eternity to Light (Tyndale House 2006), ISBN 1-4143-0976-7
- Heaven Study Guide (Tyndale House 2006), ISBN 1-4143-0977-5
- Heaven for Kids (Tyndale House 2006), ISBN 1-4143-1040-4 (with Linda Washington)
- Why Pro Life? (Multnomah 2004), ISBN 1-59052-369-5
Fiction
- Courageous: a novel (Tyndale House 2011), ISBN 978-141435-846-8
- Deadline (Multnomah 1994), ISBN 0-88070-660-0
- Dominion (Multnomah 1996), ISBN 0-88070-939-1
- Deception (Multnomah 2007), ISBN 1-59052-616-3
- Edge of Eternity (WaterBrook Press 1998), ISBN 1-57856-085-3
- Lord Foulgrin's Letters: How to Strike Back at the Tyrant by Deceiving and Destroying His Human Vermin (Multnomah 2000), ISBN 1-57673-679-2 (2001 revised edition, ISBN 1-57673-861-2)
- Safely HomeSafely HomeSafely Home is a Christian novel by Randy Alcorn. It takes place in present-day China, and follows the story of two Harvard roommates, one American and one Chinese, who reunite decades after they graduate. The novel won the Gold Medallion Book Award for evangelical literature....
(Tyndale House 2001), ISBN 0-8423-3791-1 - The Ishbane Conspiracy (Multnomah 2001), ISBN 1-57673-817-5 (with Angela Alcorn and Karina Alcorn)
- Wait Until Then (Tyndale House 2006), ISBN 1-4143-1041-2
- Tell Me About Heaven (Crossway 2007), ISBN 1-5813-4853-3
- The Chasm (Multnomah 2011), ISBN 978-160142-339-9