The Law, Then and Now

John was raised in a Christian home and came to faith at age 14 through the ministry of the Christian Youth Crusade, then held at Riverdale Baptist Church in Riverdale, MD. He surrendered his life to the Lord at age 16 at the National Teen Convention of Youth For Christheld that year in Washington, D.C. He met his wife, Sharon, at Washington Bible College, was married in 1968. They currently reside in Matthews, NC and have two married sons, Mark and Jonathan, and fifteen grandchildren and one greatgrandchild.

John's education includes a B.A. from Washington Bible College in Lanham, MD in 1970. He spent twenty summers at Ariel Ministries Camp Shoshanah in upstate New York (see Ariel.org and click on Camp Shoshanah). In the spring of 1998, he took a five-week
study tour in Israel under the direction of Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum. In May of 2004 he completed his M.A. in Bible (Old Testament Studies) from Lancaster Bible College Graduate School in Lancaster, PA. He has taken on additional Old Testament courses for 30 Credit
hours from Tyndale Theological Seminary.

He is also an author of five books, "The Tri-unity of God is Jewish" which became the foundation for his signature work published by Ariel Ministries called "Discovering the Mystery of the Unity of God." His third book is called "God in Eclipse" which is a book written
specifically to unbelieving Jewish people. His fourth book is called "Israel's Only Hope: The New Covenant" and his fifth book is "poking God's Eye" a book on anti-Semitism. He is currently working for Ariel Ministries on the Ariel Jewish Study Bible.

His past ministries include the following: Child Evangelism Fellowship, the pastorate, and director of an American Indian Bible Institute. Also he has spent numerous years in the secular field, but these years were years of emptiness for him. He has spent the last 23 years in
Jewish Ministries.