In Refinement by Fire, Asekor Glay shows from his personal life as he himself explored and investigated the meaning of his life's struggles. He finds answers to the questions of ""Why does God allow the devil to put us through perils?"" as he went through experiences of his own--including war, famine, refugee life, poverty, manic depression, jail, homelessness, and the like. Asekor Glay is a native of Monrovia, Liberia; he was raised during the first half of the Liberian Civil War.