ABOUT THE AUTHOR

"Many receive --- only the wise profit". "There is none so blind, as he who won't see". "The Devil loves nothing better than intolerance of reformers". "The majority is usually wrong". "Let my people go"! The Author believes that messages may have eternal value, while messengers come and go. To the extent that we focus on the messenger, we divert focus from the message. We do, in the real world, use "crutches" to help us understand what is presented to us. If we know who wrote something, we believe that it helps us to evaluate. That is true, only if the reputation of the author is established. This Author asks that you give little regard to his person. He asks that you process the ideas, apply your intellect with trust, test the message against the "Plan of Grace"; then hold it up to the scrutiny of the Holy Spirit.

For those who might wonder if he claims to come from a "mother ship", which is hiding behind the moon, he will concede the following structural information to accommodate inevitable curiosity: He was born into a small stable agricultural community, in Southern California. It was a community of many churches. He was familiar with all of the buildings, but nearly oblivious of the contents. To him, Christianity was only slightly more than a neutral influence. As a child, he liked to build things, solve problems, experience adventure and understand things. His heroes usually wore white hats. On the screen he revered Hopalong Cassidy and the Lone Ranger. In comic books, there were Superman and the Blue Beetle. On the radio, there were of host of other heroes ---- He prized his Captain Midnight Decoder Badge. He was a member of the Boy Scouts. As a small boy, he repeatedly studied the pages of the Book of Knowledge. Through college age, his perception of Christians was that they were generally mysterious, sometimes pious, not very competent and sometimes just plain weird. He attended several California Colleges, including UCLA and Cal Poly. He went on as a high school Biology Teacher, for nearly 30 years. After college, he developed friendships with some dedicated Christians. He found it baffling that these "capable individuals" were so profoundly inept at supporting their beliefs. For many years, he never encountered a Christian who could make a good case for Christianity.

At age 42, a lot of things had happened ------ he went to his knees to find Jesus. Following that, he plunged into Church with hunger and expectation. There were years of Bible Study. There were 20 years of "church shopping" ---- trying to find that credible church experience ------ which never came. He came to realize, more clearly, that the help, which Jesus promised to us, would come from the Holy Spirit ---- not from an "omnipotent" bureaucracy. He has felt pressured to write this book, out of spiritual obligation.

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