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June 2026

June 04, 2026

Will We Trust in God’s Character and His Care for Us?

My wife Nanci kept a journal during the four years she battled cancer. Most of...

November 2025

November 03, 2025

Remembering My Friend John Kohlenberger

I’m reposting this blog in honor of the 10-year anniversary of my friend John’s homegoing....

August 2025

August 04, 2025

Trusting God’s Plan Through Cancer Treatments

A reader asked me this thoughtful question: I was recently diagnosed with cancer. I am...

July 2024

July 22, 2024

Oh, That We May Know Our God More Deeply

In her journal she kept during her cancer years, Nanci quoted Charles Spurgeon: Oh, that...

June 2024

June 10, 2024

Life Is Far from Certain, But Jesus Is

Corrie Ten Boom wrote, “When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark,...

March 2024

March 04, 2024

God’s Purposes Prevail in Both Good News and Bad News

Note from Randy: Here is another gem from Nanci’s journal she kept during her cancer years....

September 2023

September 23, 2023

We Are Not Dying Out; We Are Hastening on to a More Glorious Life

During the four years my beloved wife was dying of cancer, she read daily from...

May 2023

May 11, 2023

Jesus Accomplished the Healing from Sin We Need, Even More Than Healing from Cancer

I miss Nanci every day, but I am profoundly thankful for the tremendous example she...

April 2023

April 03, 2023

Why the Year After Her Cancer Diagnosis Was the Best Year of Nanci’s Life

Tuesday March 28 marked a year since my wife Nanci relocated to Heaven. She finished...

January 2023

January 19, 2023

Can Cancer Be God’s Servant? What I Saw in My Wife’s Last Four Years

Last March, my beloved wife, Nanci, lost her four-year battle with colon cancer. All 54...

July 2022

July 23, 2022

She Was Like a Tree Planted by Water

Thanks to everyone for your kind words and for your prayers over the last few...

April 2022

April 16, 2022

Finding Resurrection Hope This Easter, and How Suffering Can Drive Us Deeper into God’s Love

I always appreciate the thoughtful, biblical and Christ-centered insights of Tim Keller, and have recommended...

September 2021

September 04, 2021

“My Cancer Is God’s Servant”: Reflections by Nanci Alcorn

Note from Randy: Nanci read the following to me from her journal a few days ago,...

June 2020

June 18, 2020

Discovering the Wonders of God in the Low Tides of Life

Over the years, God has been faithful in what I call “the low tides” of...

May 2020

May 14, 2020

Ravi Zacharias and Hugh Ross Answer Questions from Non-Believers

I listened to this video with a recording of Ravi Zacharias and astronomer Hugh Ross, who were guests on...

March 2020

March 05, 2020

Walking Through Cancer with a Loved One

I recently had the privilege of visiting the Joni and Friends headquarters in Agoura Hills, California. I...

November 2019

November 18, 2019

God’s Unchanging Character Means He Is Always Good, No Matter Our Circumstances

“‘Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me! O Lord, be my helper!’ You have...

October 2019

October 10, 2019

What It Means to Look upon God’s Goodness (an Update on Nanci)

[Note: this blog was originally posted at www.epm.org last Friday, October 4. Please click the...

October 07, 2019

Waiting on God and Acknowledging His Goodness in Tough Times

It’s been a long time since I’ve mentioned my wife Nanci’s health issues, and her...

July 2018

July 19, 2018

The Lord Is My Rock, My Fortress, and My Deliverer: Portions from Psalm 18

Here are portions of Psalm 18 that I meditated on recently before Nanci and I met...

April 2018

April 16, 2018

A Prayer to the Shepherd of My Life

Earlier this year, my wife and best friend Nanci was diagnosed with colon cancer, and...

September 2016

September 26, 2016

Seven Truths That Guided Denny Gradin Through Cancer and into Eternity

Denny Gradin was a missionary with a big heart for Spanish-speaking peoples. In August 2012,...

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