It is my sincere hope that some portion of this book; some of the parables spoke to your heart in a meaningful fashion and has helped you on your journey of faith. Where they bring encouragement; let them encourage you, where they bring comfort; let them comfort you; where they offer warning, pay them heed, for the Coming of the Lord is indeed at hand. Dr. Warner Doles is a graduate of Palm Beach Atlantic University (B.A.), Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.A., D.Min). Doctor Doles has authored six books (The Kingdom of God is near (A Commentary on The Gospel of Mark), In Defense of The Gospel, (A Commentary on Galatians and Colossians), Letters of Encouragement, (A Commentary on 1,2 Peter, 1,2 and 3rd John, Jude), Living with Expectations, (A Commentary on 1 and 2 Thessalonians), The Word Became Flesh (A Lenten Devotional from The Gospel of John). He is married to Glenda Cannon Doles, a graduate of North Carolina University in Greensboro, NC. She and Dr. Doles have four children and seven grandchildren. They have pastored Fraley Memorial Baptist Church in Gastonia, NC for the past 22 years.