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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?
Randy Alcorn I would go to Narnia, and ask to experience the romp with Aslan the great lion, and hear his roar, as Lucy and Susan did when he came back from the dead.
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Honestly, I've yet to read a book with as many social interactions as DOMINION. How much research time did this book require, before you actually began putting words on a page? And, did you, yourself, have somewhat of an epiphany on many of its issues at or before the time of this book? Though you've placed this in your 'Ollie Chandler' series, DOMINION appears to be spirited by Obadiah's family heritage.
Randy Alcorn Hi Tom, Shauna here again. Here's a link to some videos of Randy talking about writing Dominion. I hope they're helpful and thank you enjoy them! -Shauna
http://www.epm.org/resources/2010/Nov...
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I'm halfway through DOMINION, after reading and enjoying DEADLINE, quite a bit. However, I have to ask why have you made the reader wade through all the descriptive details - when such didn't seem to handcuff your previous effort? I cannot imagine the research that you had to wrap into this book, but the 'insider' racial knowledge appears to both vast and accurate (at least, from my perspective). God Bless, Tom
Randy Alcorn Hi Tom, this is Shauna answering on behalf of Randy. Thanks for writing in! Often when Randy tucks in a detail early in a book, it's meaning and importance become clear later on. This is particularly true in mysteries. He is generally not one to be unnecessarily wordy in his works of fiction. I hope you enjoy the rest of Dominion! -Shauna
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What books are on your summer reading list this year?
Randy Alcorn Great question!

Fiction on audio:
Snobs, Julian Fellowes
One Dog Night, David Rosenfelt
Paw and Order, Spencer Quin

Nonfiction in Print:
Contentment, Richard A. Swenson
The More of Less, Joshua Becker
Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus, Ann Spangler, Lois Tverberg
Losing Our Virtue: Why the Church Must Recover Its Moral Vision, David F. Wells

-Shauna, on behalf of Randy Alcorn
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Thank you for your quick reply and the very good news! I am so glad that there are more good books to look forward to! I hope that the new books come out in Audible format, I really love listening to his books, especially when he is the narrator. (?) Take care, Louis
Randy Alcorn Hi Louis,
My name is Shauna and I help answer Randy's Goodread page. I'm sorry we hadn't answered this yet! Here is a link to our online store that lists all the books we have on CD. http://store.epm.org/category/audiobo...

Thank you!
Shauna, with Eternal Perspective Ministries
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Randy, I'm in the early stages of DEADLINE, and my paperback copy offers some rather tight lines - which slows down these mid-60's eyes! I know that I've read other books you've written - and liked them, as I grabbed this title, quickly, in a local 2nd hand store. Do you believe that we, Church USA, have tools, manpower, premises to alleviate much of homelessness of refugees, both here and in the world?
Randy Alcorn Hi Tom, my name is Shauna and I help Randy answer his Goodreads page. Here is an article by Randy about the poor you might find helpful to answer your question: http://www.epm.org/resources/2016/Oct.... Here is another one on refugees: http://www.epm.org/blog/2015/Dec/2/re...

I hope these are helpful!
-Shauna, with Eternal Perspective Ministries
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Dear Randy, thanks for directing me to the fact that New Jerusalem will be a physical city, not a symbolic one, and that we will receive physical, glorified bodies. I very much accept this and cannot wait. There is one verse regarding Mount Zion in Hebrews that confuses me: "you have not come to a mountain that can be touched" (12:18). Here it seems this city is intangible?
Randy Alcorn Hi Peter,
My name is Shauna and I help answer questions for Randy. Here are a few articles that may be helpful!

Piper says this is a contrast between Christian reality on this side of the cross of Christ with OT reality at Mount Sinai and explains all that in this sermon: http://www.desiringgod.org/messages/y... See specifically “Motivation #1: The Love of a Great Savior” about halfway through.

Here is another short article if you think it might help… http://www.ligonier.org/learn/devotio...

Thanks!
Shauna
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Dear Mr. Alcorn, thank you for writing Heaven. "... And the sea was also gone" (Rev 21:1 NLT), and God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. (Gen 1:10 ESV) We know that God created the Seas which is good. That the sea was gone 21:1 can be understood to be referring to the first sea that is part of the first earth, and not on the new earth. What do you think?
Randy Alcorn Hi Raymond,
This is Shauna and I help Randy answer questions!
Thanks for writing in.
Randy writes about this question in this blog post: http://www.epm.org/resources/2010/Mar...
Basically, he believes that there could be large bodies of water on the New Earth, and he gives some explanation of what "sea" meant to the audience of the book of Revelation.
He also talks about this in his Heaven book on pages 273-275. Hope this is helpful!
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Hello, Mr. Alcorn! I am a big fan, and I have a quick question for you. When did you first take an interest in writing? Also, do you have any book recommendations for me? My favorite genre is Christian Fiction.
Randy Alcorn Hi Caleb,
My name is Shauna and I work for Randy. Thanks for writing in! Randy has written some blogs about writing. I hope you find them helpful: http://www.epm.org/blog/2011/Feb/4/wh...
http://www.epm.org/resources/2013/Aug...
Randy has written many more blogs on several subjects. Here is the link to our online resource page, if you'd like to search for more! http://www.epm.org/browse/

In regards to books, have you checked out our online store? http://store.epm.org/ There you'll find all of Randy's books!

Thanks again.
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Dear Randy, I miss reading your novels like deadline, courageous and safely home. Are you planning to write any more books like this? Here is another question, what genre are these books, "Christian fiction" perhaps? I would very much appreciate if you could suggest some similar Christian fiction books for me! Thank you, Louis
Randy Alcorn Hi Louis,
Thanks for writing! This is Shauna with Eternal Perspective Ministries, Randy's non-profit, answering on behalf of Randy. I'm so glad you've enjoyed those books of Randy's! Yes, we would classify those as Christian fiction. As of right now, Randy is working on some other books that will come out soon, but not in this genre. Here's a video of him talking about this: http://www.epm.org/blog/2012/May/9/do...
He has written a blog about some of his favorite books and you can read it here: http://www.epm.org/favorite-books/
Thanks again for your question!
Shauna
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