DR. ARNOLD O. THOMPSON'S academic training includes graduating from Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, in Bible and Evangelism (BA); Florida Atlantic University: Communication Theory and Rhetoric (BA); Evangelical Bible Collège and Seminary: Master of Divinity, and Doctor of Theology.Dr. ¬Thompson was the founder and senior pastor of Agape Bible Church in Florida for twenty-eight years. As a pastor, he wrote articles on various Christian topics in "Agape Times," a church newsletter, each month for 10 ten years. He has organized and spoken at interfaith conferences at two adult and two youth retreats each year for 20 twenty years and spoken/preaching each Sunday for over 30 thirty years.¬The author's other published books include The Dark Side of the Gospel, Deliver Us From Evil-A Prayer for Our Times, The Death of Wisdom: the Rise of Folly, The Evangelical Church at the Crossroads of Secular Culture and Change, Why Do Birds Fly, and three volumes of Spaces of Existence-Understanding Life and Living it.