Born and raised in the St. Louis area as the youngest of a divorced family. From as far back as I can remember through and including my adolescence, I was a practicing little deceiver, thief, a degenerate by all accounts, a great disappointment to my family as a whole and my mother in particular. Growing up I learned from those around me about God and Jesus, we celebrated Christmas and Easter understanding that it was about Jesus but was overran by the paganism of the holiday myths. I still was unaware of the true realization of whom and what God is and the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. My...