Resources by Topic: About Randy

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 ...

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?

I really enjoyed writing In Light of Eternity.

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.

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

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.

Books more than anything.

The most valuable lesson I’ve learned about writing is that it’s hard work.

I grew up with one half brother, but had four older siblings from my dad’s previous marriage.

Thoughts about what Randy Alcorn is like from his longtime assistant (now retired), Kathy Norquist... "I often tell people that Randy lives what he writes. It’s a privilege to work for a man with such integrity, someone you can fully trust."

A close friend of mine, Greg, died when I was in high school. I was a brand new Christian and it affected me profoundly. Then after I’d been a pastor five years, my mother died in 1981.

Randy Alcorn’s life, calling, and ministry can be rolled up in one word: perspective.

Randy Alcorn loves giving, and he wants you to love giving. Just listen to him talk about giving, about joyful tithing and radical generosity. But fear not—Alcorn won’t guilt you into giving. Nor will he instruct you to sell your possessions, abandon all forms of entertainment or forego future vacations.

Written by Randy Alcorn, April 3, 1979, the day of his daughter's birth.