About Donnie, your Author/Webmaster
I am passionate about three things in life: family, business, and the Bible. More specifically, the Book of Revelation. I have been studying, teaching and writing about the "End Times" for the better part of three decades.
My interest in Bible Prophecy first piqued in the mid-1970s when I read The Late Great Planet Earth, by Hal Lindsey. I soon began devouring all the literature I could find on the subject. I continued my informal Revelation education by studying the masters of the field, notably Charles Ryrie, Clarence Larkin, George Allen Ladd and John F. Walvoord. My favorite authors and Revelation commentators include J. Vernon McGee, Charles Swindoll and Tim LaHaye (the "Left Behind" series). In the past ten years, Marvin Rosenthal and his most excellent work, The Pre-Wrath Rapture of the Church, have played a significant role in my understanding of Eschatology.
I regularly teach classes on the End Times, have written extensive teaching notes on the subject, and have been a featured guest on a local radio station. I have also been a member of the Evangelical Free Church for over twenty years, where I have served in various leadership positions. Currently, we worship and fellowship at The Journey.
I created this website both as an introductory learning tool for those unfamiliar with the Book of Revelation, as well as a forum where those with extensive knowledge on the subject can exchange ideas. In teaching Revelation, I found that its initial obtuseness can be intimidating to newcomers. In response, I developed a set of teaching notes, included on this website under Teaching Notes, which have helped me to make the vital prophecies found in Revelation more accessible to the masses. One day, it will be critical for all Christians to understand the signs of the End Times. This day may be very soon or far off in the future, but this website is a small effort to fulfill one of the overarching messages of the Book of Revelation - be prepared!
I love to teach and am available for teaching and speaking engagements at churches in and around St. Louis, Missouri. Although this website and my Revelation studies are passion projects and not my primary occupation (as they have yet to pay the bills), I thrive on End Times discussion and debate and am looking forward to receiving lots of reader email.
On a personal note, I am married to my college sweetheart, who not only tolerates but encourages and critiques my Revelation theories, and together we have two beautiful daughters, who claim to know way too much about the End Times.