Randy Alcorn

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Randy Alcorn is an American Christian author, teacher, and pro-life activist. He has written six novels, including Deadline, Dominion, and Safely Home, which won him a Gold Medallion award in 2003. His forthcoming book Deception is the follow-up to Deadline and Dominion and is scheduled to be released in the spring of 2007. He has written more than a dozen non-fiction books, most of which focus on Christian and anti-abortion themes. Titles include "Heaven", "The Purity Principle", and "The Treasure Principle".

Formerly a senior pastor of Good Shepherd Community Church, he left that position after a civil court judgment was found against a protest group of which he was a member, holding it liable for over eight million dollars in punitive damages to an abortion clinic. The judgment led him to quit the ministry and cease accepting royalty payments for his books in order to avoid paying money to an abortion clinic. Despite selling millions of books, he chose to live on minimum wage plus his wife's salary, and this discipline led him to a ministry focused on teaching Christians how to give joyfully and generously. His book Deadline is said to promote abortion clinic blockades, as his 2004 book on Birth Control pills influenced pharmacists in many states to refuse birth control prescriptions, even for health reasons.^{[citation needed]}

He and his wife Nanci have two grown daughters, Karina and Angela, who assisted him in writing the novel The Ishbane Conspiracy in 2001. He currently lives in Gresham, Oregon.

1 Bibliography
- 1.1 Non-fiction
- 1.2 Fiction
2 External links

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] 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
- rev. ed. (Tyndale House 2003), 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 Questions (Multnomah 1992), ISBN 0-88070-472-1
- rev. ed. (Multnomah 2000), 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
Wait Until Then (Tyndale House 2006), ISBN 1-4143-1041-2

[edit] Fiction

Deadline (Multnomah 1994), ISBN 0-88070-660-0
Dominion (Multnomah 1996), ISBN 0-88070-939-1
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
- rev. ed. (Multnomah 2001), ISBN 1-57673-861-2
Safely Home (Tyndale House 2001), ISBN 0-8423-3791-1
The Ishbane Conspiracy (Multnomah 2001), ISBN 1-57673-817-5 (with Angela Alcorn and Karina Alcorn)
Deception (Multnomah 2007) (forthcoming)