Dr. Martin Tharp has been an avid student of the Bible for many years and holds a Bachelor, Master and eight Doctorates, one honorary and seven earned, including a Doctor. of Literature and two PhDs. He has been in full time ministry for over fifty-five years and has authored forty-two books to date, many of which are being used as curriculum in Bible colleges around the United States and abroad. He has also penned a number of gospel songs and recorded thirty albums as well as being actively involved in a school ministry to Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom for the past thirty-five years, and Dr. Tharp has been honored twice by members of parliament in Ireland for their work in the Protestant and Catholic schools. He and his wife, Sharon, travel extensively across the USA and the whole of the British Isles holding evangelistic crusades in the churches of both countries.