Condition: New,UPC: 9781662810886,Publication Date: Thu, April 1, 2021,Type: Paperback ,
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5W?H?O? THERE ARE ALMOST AS MANY CONCEPTS OR DEFINITIONS OF GOD AS THERE ARE PERSONS ON THE EARTH, YET WE ALL USE THE WORD. THE QUESTION IS WHO IS THE PERSON BEHIND THE WORD? John DeFoore was born in a small town in Mississippi. He grew up surrounded by the cotton fields and dense forests. He left home at age 17 and went to work with a highway construction group. He finished high school, went to college and when WWII began he was drafted in 1940. He served seven years in the military going into the service as private first class and discharged as a major in 1947. He was in the Infantry, saw service in New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies and the Philippines. he was awarded the Bronze Cross for service, "above and beyond" during an amphibious landing on Morotai Island. John was ordained as a Baptist Minister in 194l, graduating from Mississippi College with a Bachelor of Science degree; Master of Theology degree from Southern Baptist Theological seminary; and did further study at New College in Edinburgh, Scotland; Princeton, Harvard and Jungian Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. He is married to Marion Sue Jones and the father of four sons.