The Battle: An Anthology of Spiritual Warfare - Volume 1 - E-book - ePub

Born and educated in Scotland, Brian worked as a government scientist until God called him into full-time Christian ministry on behalf of the Churches of God (www.churchesofgod.info). His voice has been heard on Search For Truth radio broadcasts for over 30 years (visit www.searchfortruth.podbean.com) during which time he has been an itinerant Bible teacher throughout the UK and Canada. His evangelical and missionary work outside the UK is primarily in Belgium and The Philippines.
He is married to Rosemary, with a son and daughter. JOHN MILLER (1882-1968) was born at Blackridge, Scotland of humble parents. He was saved in his youth, baptized and added to the assembly then at Blackridge, halfway between Edinburgh and Glasgow. He joined the service of the North British Railway Co. as a clerk but that occupation did not tax his mental talents. He belonged to a generation which produced many able brethren who had no opportunity of higher education in secular subjects.
Their ability was used on the study of the Bible. There were a lot of such men in the Brethren Movement and some found their way into the Churches of God. He was one of them. At 26 years of age he became a full-time servant of the Lord and, at the relatively young age of 29 years, he was writing papers on doctrinal subjects for the overseers' conference. In 1925 when he was 42 years he was recognised as one of the leading brothers of the Churches of God.
In the course of his work as a Lord's Servant he visited most parts of the Fellowship except Nigeria. In the U. K. he was known from the Shetland Isles to the Channel Isles, not only by saints in the Churches of God.  He studied the whole scope of Bible teaching and his vision took in the world. As a man, he was a very able man; as a man of God, there were few his equal. He was outstanding in any group of men and at all times a pillar among his fellows.
Had he been a politician he would have made his mark among the great ones of the earth. He spoke like an orator as one may hear from a few tapes of his ministry which are available. There are many, many articles in Needed Truth and Bible Studies and Intelligence. His notes of the books of the New Testament can be obtained from Hayes Press.  He married Mary Smith, daughter of a former Lord's Servant, David Smith and they had ten children. M.
P. Jones is ... well, it's probably best to leave it at that. Enlarging on his decision to move in 2002 from wet Lancashire, England to hot (and cold) Toronto, Canada would simply elicit knowing nods of approval from some and disgusted headshakes from others, depending on which side of the Atlantic they hailed from. Disclosing His career (or should that be careering?) from medieval history graduate to Chartered Accountant to editor and writer would only serve to illustrate that here is a man who lives life on the very edge.
And to cite writing influences as diverse as Roald Dahl, Trenton Lee Stewart, David Eddings and Anthony Buckeridge could not be viewed as anything but pretentious and expose him to innumerable unfavourable comparisons to each. So, at the risk of repetition, M. P Jones is. And he sincerely hopes you're not too unhappy about it.