The Life of John Phillips – Part 3

John Learns to Preach After completing his basic training, John, along with hundreds more young Englishmen, was shipped to Egypt.  There, in a “holding station” they waited until it was decided where, for the duration, each man would serve the British Crown.  During those waiting days, John became acquainted with an officer who worked there […]

The Life of John Phillips – Part 2

The Early Years – Part 2 John’s ambition, as a lad in school, was to excel in sports, but he had a problem with his eyesight.  An ophthalmologist diagnosed the problem when he was ten years old and solved it by prescribing thick-lens glasses.  That ended John’s dreams of being a sports hero, however, the […]

The Life of John Phillips – Part 1

The Early Years John’s father, Leonard, was a businessman in Wales, Great Britain. He was also a lay preacher, thoroughly committed to the Lord Jesus Christ. John had vivid memories of his mother and father rising at 4:30 AM each morning. Anstice, his mother, would start a fire in the kitchen stove, and put the […]