The author was born on a farm near Joplin, Missouri. His family moved to a small college town in Kansas when he was about 3 years old. He was raised in the American Baptist Church. He served in the U.S. Navy during WW II, where he was injured. In 1956, he graduated from Kansas State College in Pittsburg with a B.S. in Education. He taught 7th and 8th grades in Junior High for 2 years in Norwalk, California, and then was a substitute teacher for a time while he studied the Bible and prepared for the ministry. In 1974, he was ordained by a non-denominational Full Gospel Fellowship (Pentecostal) Church in Van Nuys, California, as well as by an Evangelistic Association based in Oregon. Since then, he has preached as an evangelist in various churches and also taught Bible studies. He has written 12 books, several of which will be published by Infinity.com and distributed by Buy Books On The Web.com.