I, Rev. Dr. James A. Brettell, wish to acknowledge the following persons who have had significant impact in my spiritual life: Captain John T. Goad, Chaplain, USN (Ret.), under whose ministry I was saved on the Island of Trinidad, West Indies, in 1962; Rev. John R. Hagan, my Pastor in Akron, Ohio, who loved me, trained me, and guided me in my early Christian life from 1963-1969; Gin North, a dear friend who, in 1969, in Forth Worth, Texas, gave me my first set of L.S. Chafer's 8 volume Systematic Theology; Miles J. Stanford, who laid the foundation in my life that has taught me to walk moment-by-moment by means of the Holy Spirit; Dr. W.O. Vaught, the Pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church, Little Rock, Arkansas, who challenged me in 1973 to study doctrine under the ministry of Bob Thieme, Jr., Pastor-Teacher, Berachah Church, Houston, Texas; Bob Thieme, Jr., who taught me many valuable doctrines, and who instilled in me the importance of studying and teaching, studying and teaching. L. S. Chafer has made the biggest impact on my systematic theology. John Walvoord and Dwight Pentecost have assisted in shaping my eschatological viewpoint of human history. While every one of these persons have had significant impact upon my spiritual life, I reject the notion that I am a slave to anyone but Jesus Christ. In the formative years of my Christian life, I learned many valuable things from the above mentioned persons, but in these latter years of my ministry, I am standing on my own two feet while relying solely on God the Holy Spirit to teach and guide me. I wish to thank God for all of the above named persons for their contributions to my spiritual life.

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