John Osborne (12)

An Academy principal once told John Osborne's parents, "by the time John is 21, he's either going to be in the state penitentiary always going to be a dynamic, powerful man of God."He was right.John did become a gifted evangelist and a zealous defender of truth. Extraordinary leadership skills and a dogged determination to follow what is right caused John to rapidly ascend the heights of success as a Seventh-day Adventist minister. But those same headstrong characteristics were eventually show more cause them to collide with church leaders over the future of his successful television ministry. The pain of that collision landed John in a penitentiary of bitterness where zeal for the gospel turned into angry criticism of the church she once loved. show less