Vance Havner (1901-1986) is mostly unknown to our generation. However, there was a time when this southern preacher was one of the most read-after and quoted preachers in America. He authored more than thirty books, and crisscrossed this land conducting church revivals and Bible conferences. He was a man after God's own heart, with unusual spiritual discernment and courage. His lifelong friend, Billy Graham, preached his funeral. Ralph I. Tilley has served Christ and the Church as a pastor, professor of New Testament Studies and a writer. He has also served as online editor of Life in the Spirit Journal for almost twenty years. He and his wife, Emily, reside in Sellersburg, Indiana.