Randy Alcorn
Author of The Treasure Principle
About the Author
Randy Alcorn is the founder and director of Eternal Perspectives Ministries and a New York Times bestselling author of 55 books, including Heaven and Face to Face with Jesus. His books have sold over 11 million copies and been translated into more than 70 languages. Randy resides in Oregon with his show more wife, Nanci. show less
Series
Works by Randy Alcorn
Heaven: A Comprehensive Guide to Everything the Bible Says About Our Eternal Home (Clear Answers to 44 Real Questions… (2007) 686 copies
Eternal Perspectives: A Collection of Quotations on Heaven, the New Earth, and Life after Death (2012) 45 copies
Ninety Days of God's Goodness: Daily Reflections That Shine Light on Personal Darkness (2011) 39 copies
Sexual Temptation: Establishing Guardrails and Winning the Battle (Pathfinder Pamphlets) (2011) 17 copies
Pro-Choice or Pro-Life?: Examining 15 Pro-Choice Claims: What Do Facts & Common Sense Tell Us? (2020) 15 copies
Seeing the Unseen, Expanded Edition: A 90-Day Devotional to Set Your Mind on Eternity (2017) 13 copies
Your Passport To Heaven 2 copies
Если Бог Благ 2 copies
Strategies to Keep From Falling 2 copies
WHY PRO LIFE? 1 copy
Scrisorile Lordului Foulgrin 1 copy
A CHAVE DO TESOURO 1 copy
Принцип Сокровища 1 copy
The Apostle 1 copy
The Treasure Principal 1 copy
Heaven [abridged audiobook] 1 copy
İffet Cinsen Paklık 1 copy
The Real and Untold Cost 1 copy
Light of Eternity 1 copy
Store It Up 1 copy
If God is Good... Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil [Small Group Reading and Viewing Guide] 1 copy
Nguyên Tắc Của Cải 1 copy
天堂 1 copy
السماء 1 copy
Associated Works
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus: Experiencing the Peace and Promise of Christmas (2008) — Contributor, some editions — 443 copies
O Love That Will Not Let Me Go: Facing Death with Courageous Confidence in God (2011) — Contributor — 200 copies
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- Legal name
- Alcorn, Randy Craig
- Birthdate
- 1954-06-23
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Places of residence
- Gresham, Oregon, USA
- Education
- Multnomah Bible College (ThB | 1976)
Multnomah Bible College (MA | 1979)
Western Seminary (1976-1977) - Occupations
- pastor
- Organizations
- Eternal Perspective Ministries
- Awards and honors
- New York Times bestseller
- Short biography
- Randy Alcorn is the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries (EPM), a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching biblical truth and drawing attention to the needy and how to help them. EPM exists to meet the needs of the unreached, unfed, unborn, uneducated, unreconciled and unsupported people around the world. Randy is the author of 40+ books, including Heaven, Deadline, The Grace and Truth Paradox, The Purity Principle, and Lord Foulgrin's Letters. Before starting EPM in 1990, he co-pastored for fourteen years Good Shepherd Community Church outside Gresham, Oregon. Randy has taught on the part-time faculties of Western Seminary and Multnomah Bible College, both in Portland, Oregon. He lives in Gresham, Oregon with his wife, Nanci, and their Dalmatian, Moses. Randy and Nanci have two married daughters, Karina and Angela, and five grandchildren.
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Adult Fiction (Red Book Cover with Road and maybe a green city) in Name that Book (January 2018)
Reviews
The Purity Principle - God's Safeguards for Life's… by Randy Alcorn
Good insights for old and young, married and single!
3.5 stars
I read this book several years ago, and enjoyed it. There was a lot of very biblical information on finances and I think Christians in the western world will have a hard time with that, because the Bible itself is rather extreme when it comes to its teachings on money.
I also remember that Alcorn rabbit-trailed a lot and that the book could have been extensively edited. It was tedious reading at times.
I read this book several years ago, and enjoyed it. There was a lot of very biblical information on finances and I think Christians in the western world will have a hard time with that, because the Bible itself is rather extreme when it comes to its teachings on money.
I also remember that Alcorn rabbit-trailed a lot and that the book could have been extensively edited. It was tedious reading at times.
A great little book that manages to pack a ton of information into only about 150 pages!
The author explains and defends the pro-life position as it applies to abortion and birth-control. The main portion of the book is written with scientific evidence to support this position; then in the appendix and last chapters, the author discusses a biblical defense and explains the Gospel of Jesus.
Just a couple of minor things I noticed that I didn't care for: the author at one point states that "increasing numbers of people hijack the term pro-life to argue against capital punishment or just war…" (p 61) but then later says "pro-life does not mean being pro-life only about babies." (P 80) I'm someone who is anti-capital punishment, and I would hesitate before claiming that the U.S., where I live, only ever engages in truly just wars. It seems to me that the author wants to have it both ways here… he wants to care about the lives of unborn children and their mothers, but not so much the lives of people whom he might view as "deserving" of death. I just can't agree with him on this. Life matters. Period.
Apart from that, and one instance of profanity (included in a quotation), this is an excellent book that I highly recommend to people on either side of the life/abortion debate!
Note: Included in the text are internet links to photos of in-utero babies. I wish they had simply been printed in the book. Turning them into "homework" makes it more likely that readers will not view them.… (more)
The author explains and defends the pro-life position as it applies to abortion and birth-control. The main portion of the book is written with scientific evidence to support this position; then in the appendix and last chapters, the author discusses a biblical defense and explains the Gospel of Jesus.
Just a couple of minor things I noticed that I didn't care for: the author at one point states that "increasing numbers of people hijack the term pro-life to argue against capital punishment or just war…" (p 61) but then later says "pro-life does not mean being pro-life only about babies." (P 80) I'm someone who is anti-capital punishment, and I would hesitate before claiming that the U.S., where I live, only ever engages in truly just wars. It seems to me that the author wants to have it both ways here… he wants to care about the lives of unborn children and their mothers, but not so much the lives of people whom he might view as "deserving" of death. I just can't agree with him on this. Life matters. Period.
Apart from that, and one instance of profanity (included in a quotation), this is an excellent book that I highly recommend to people on either side of the life/abortion debate!
Note: Included in the text are internet links to photos of in-utero babies. I wish they had simply been printed in the book. Turning them into "homework" makes it more likely that readers will not view them.… (more)
As politicians, citizens, and families continue the raging national debate on whether it's proper to end human life in the womb, resources like Randy Alcorn's Prolife Answers to Prochoice Arguments have proven invaluable. With over 75,000 copies in print, this revised and updated guide offers timely information and inspiration from a "sanctity of life" perspective. Real answers to real questions appear in logical and concise form. The final chapter- "Fifty Ways to Help Unborn Babies and Their Mothers"- is worth the price of this book alone!… (more)
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