James Stone is the author of "A Very Present Help".  Before his conversion to Jesus Christ, his life was in a spiral descent to destruction. It was only by the grace of God that he did not spend time in prison or end up in an early grave. For the last 36 years, he and his wife, Sim, have been serving the Lord by planting churches in inner cities and helping a multitude of other people who were trapped in the pit of addiction find their way to recovery through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Read his full bio here - Blog