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Randy Elkhorn

Randy Alcorn is the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries (EPM), an organization that helps people in need and teaches them to live with a future in Heaven in mind. Before founding EPM in 1990, Randy was a pastor for fourteen years. He is a popular preacher and conference speaker. He has been interviewed on over six hundred radio and television programs.

Randy is the author of over thirty books (with over four million copies in print), including Heaven, 50 Days of Heaven, The Purity Principle, The Treasure Principle, and In Light of Eternity. His novels include Deadline, Dominion, Deception, Edge of Eternity, Lord Foulgrin's Letters, The Ishbane, C onspiracy (co-authored with his daughters), and the 1999 Gold Medallion-winning novel of the year, Safely Home. He has also published two picture books for young children: Wait Until Then and Tell Me About Heaven.

Randy lives in Gresham, Oregon, with his wife, Nancy, who is his best friend. They have two daughters, Karina Franklin and Angela Stump (both married to wonderful men named Dan), and four grandchildren, Matthew Franklin, Jack Franklin, Jake Stump, and Tyler Stump.