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Grant Jeffrey

{{Short description|Canadian Bible teacher (1948–2012)}}

Grant Reid Jeffrey (October 5, 1948 – May 11, 2012) was a Canadian Bible teacher of Bible prophecy/eschatology and biblical archaeology and a proponent of dispensational evangelical Christianity.{{cite web |title=The Bible Prophecy Argument |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10308866_ITM |work=Free Inquiry |date=2001-09-22 |accessdate=2008-07-20 }} Jeffrey served as the chairman of Frontier Research Publications{{cite news |title=Author: Iraq figures in biblical prophecy |url=http://www.amarillo.com/stories/040503/rel_authoriraq.shtml |work=Amarillo Globe-News |date=2003-04-05 |accessdate=2008-07-20 |archive-date=2016-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917123022/http://amarillo.com/stories/040503/rel_authoriraq.shtml |url-status=dead }} for more than 20 years. His books (variously published by WaterBrook Press,[http://www.waterbrookmultnomah.com WaterBrook Press] Bantam Books, HarperCollins, Zondervan, Word and Tyndale House) have sold more than 7 million copies and have been printed in 24 languages.{{cite web |url=http://waterbrookmultnomah.com/author-spotlight.php?authorid=14455 |title=Grant R. Jeffrey |publisher=Waterbrookmultnomah.com |accessdate=2012-08-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016234626/http://waterbrookmultnomah.com/author-spotlight.php?authorid=14455 |archivedate=2011-10-16 }} Jeffrey was working on a new book called One Nation Under Attack (WaterBrook Press, January 2013), at the time of his death.{{cite web |url=http://waterbrookmultnomah.com/catalog.php?isbn=9780307731074 |title=One Nation, Under Attack |publisher=Waterbrookmultnomah.com |accessdate=2012-08-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826134601/http://waterbrookmultnomah.com/catalog.php?isbn=9780307731074 |archivedate=2012-08-26 }} He also appeared on television and radio shows, particularly on Christian programs and also had been invited to speak to groups around the globe.{{Cite web |url=http://www.grantjeffrey.com/bio.htm |title=Grant Jeffrey bio |access-date=2009-05-03 |archive-date=2013-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222155742/http://www.grantjeffrey.com/bio.htm |url-status=dead }}

Education

In 1982, Jeffrey earned a Chartered Life Underwriter Certification from the University of Toronto's Extension Program. He later received his Master's Degree and Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Louisiana Baptist University.

Career

In 1999, Jeffrey's book, The Millennium Meltdown, reached #2 on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list for religious paperbacks.{{cite news |title=Religion Bestsellers |url=http://www.amarillo.com/stories/032599/bel_religion.shtml |work=Amarillo Globe-News |date=1999-03-25 |accessdate=2008-07-20 |archive-date=2016-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917122924/http://amarillo.com/stories/032599/bel_religion.shtml |url-status=dead }} In 2000, his novel By Dawn's Early Light, which he co-wrote with Angela Hunt, won the Christy Award for futuristic Christian fiction.{{cite web |title=Christy Award Winners |url=http://www.christyawards.com/documents/ChristyWinners00-07.pdf |publisher=Christy Awards |accessdate=2008-07-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229044343/http://www.christyawards.com/documents/ChristyWinners00-07.pdf |archivedate=2009-12-29 }}

In 2007, Trinity Broadcasting Network began broadcasting, Bible Prophecy Revealed, a 30-minute weekly program hosted by Jeffrey.{{cite web |url=http://www.tbn.org/index.php/2/4/p/718.html |title=Grant Jeffrey: Bible Prophecy Revealed |publisher=Trinity Broadcasting Network |accessdate=2008-07-20 |archive-date=2008-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121214259/http://www.tbn.org/index.php/2/4/p/718.html |url-status=dead }}

Personal life

Grant Jeffrey was the son of Lyle Elmo Jeffrey and Florence Brown, and the brother of Canadian-American scholar of literature and religion David Lyle Jeffrey. {{cite news |title=Obituary - Grant R. Jeffrey |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ottawacitizen/obituary.aspx?n=grant-r-jeffrey&pid=157646586 |work=Ottawa Citizen |date=2012-05-15 |accessdate=2022-01-06 }}

Grant Jeffrey died suddenly of a cardiac arrest on May 11, 2012, in Toronto, Canada.{{cite news |url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/end-times-prophecy-expert-tbn-host-grant-jeffrey-dead-at-64-74967/ |title=End Times Prophecy Expert, TBN Host Grant Jeffrey Dead at 63 |newspaper=The Christian Post |date=2012-05-15 |accessdate=2012-08-16}}

Works

  • Apocalypse: The Coming Judgment of the Nations (WaterBrook Press, 1995), {{ISBN|0-553-56530-3}}
  • Armageddon: Appointment with Destiny (WaterBrook Press, 1997), {{ISBN|0-921714-40-8}}{{cite news |title=Books on 'End Time' Shed Light on Crisis |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB341C30A4D13F9&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=The Miami Herald |date=1990-09-28 |accessdate=2008-07-20 }}
  • By Dawn's Early Light, with Angela Elwell Hunt, {{ISBN|0-8499-1609-7}}
  • Creation: Remarkable Evidence of God's Design (WaterBrook Press, 2003), {{ISBN|0-921714-78-5}}{{cite news |title=A Review of the Beginning |url=http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/13688.html |work=The Conservative Voice |date=2006-04-07 |accessdate=2008-07-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814050751/http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/13688.html |archivedate=2007-08-14 }}
  • Final Warning (WaterBrook Press, 1995), {{ISBN|1-56507-479-3}}
  • Final Warning: Economic Collapse and the Coming World Government, {{ISBN|0-921714-24-6}}
  • Finding Financial Freedom (WaterBrook Press, 2005), {{ISBN|1-400071-05-4}}
  • Flee The Darkness, with Angela Elwell Hunt, {{ISBN|0-8499-4063-X}}{{cite news |title=The Year 2000 and Other Problems |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1998/09/20/RV64624.DTL |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=1998-09-20 |accessdate=2008-07-20 | first=David | last=Kipen}}
  • The Global Warming Deception (WaterBrook Press, 2011), {{ISBN|978-1-4000-7443-3}}
  • The Handwriting of God (WaterBrook Press, 1997), {{ISBN|0-8499-4095-8}}
  • The Handwriting of God: Sacred Mysteries of the Bible, {{ISBN|0-921714-38-6}}
  • Heaven the Last Frontier (WaterBrook Press, 1996), {{ISBN|0-553-29286-2}}
  • Heaven: The Mystery of Angels, {{ISBN|0-88368-972-3}}
  • Jesus: The Great Debate (WaterBrook Press, 1999), {{ISBN|0-921714-56-4}}
  • Journey Into Eternity: Search for Immortality (WaterBrook Press, 2000), {{ISBN|0-921714-60-2}}
  • La Firma De Dios, {{ISBN|0-88368-488-8}}
  • Messiah (WaterBrook Press, 1995), {{ISBN|0-921714-02-5}}
  • Messiah: War in the Middle East and the Road to Armageddon, {{ISBN|0-553-29958-1}}
  • Millennium Meltdown: Spiritual and Practical Strategies to Survive Y2K, {{ISBN|0-8423-4374-1}}{{cite news |title=Coming To A Crossroads |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/05/24/MN86892.DTL&hw=Schools+at+Crossroads&sn=150&sc=095 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=1999-05-24 |accessdate=2008-07-20 | first=Don | last=Lattin}}
  • Millennium Meltdown: The Year 2000 Computer Crisis, {{ISBN|0-921714-48-3}}{{cite news |title=As Jan. 1 Draws Near, Doomsayers Reconsider |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-12/27/069r-122799-idx.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=1999-12-27 |accessdate=2008-07-20 }}
  • The Mysterious Bible Codes, {{ISBN|0-8499-1325-X}}{{cite news |title=Computer scientists using code to read the Bible |url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/110398/tec_124-6845.shtml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711100512/http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/110398/tec_124-6845.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-11 |work=The Augusta Chronicle |date=1998-11-03 |accessdate=2008-07-20 }}
  • The New Temple and the Second Coming: The Prophecy That Points to Christ's Return in Your Generation (WaterBrook Press, 2007), {{ISBN|978-1-4000-7107-4}}
  • The Next World War: What Prophecy Reveals About Extreme Islam and the West (WaterBrook Press, 2006), {{ISBN|978-1-4000-7106-7}}
  • One Nation, Under Attack (WaterBrook Press, 2013), {{ISBN|978-0-307-73107-4}}
  • Prince of Darkness: Antichrist and New World Order (WaterBrook Press, 1995), {{ISBN|0-553-56223-1}}
  • The Scroll (WaterBrook Press, 2011), {{ISBN|978-0-307-72926-2}}
  • Shadow Government (WaterBrook Press, 2009), {{ISBN|978-1-4000-7442-6}}
  • The Signature of God (WaterBrook Press, 2002), {{ISBN|0-8499-4094-X}}
  • The Signature of God: Astonishing Biblical Discoveries, {{ISBN|0-8423-6795-0}}
  • The Spear of Tyranny (with Angela Hunt), {{ISBN|0-8499-4238-1}}{{cite news |title=Der Speer und wir |url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article680728/Der_Speer_und_wir.html |work=Die Welt |date=2005-07-06 |accessdate=2008-07-20 }}
  • Surveillance Society: The Rise of Antichrist (WaterBrook Press, 2000), {{ISBN|0-921714-62-9}}
  • Triumphant Return: The Coming Kingdom of God (WaterBrook Press, 2001), {{ISBN|0-921714-64-5}}
  • Unveiling Mysteries of the Bible (WaterBrook Press, 2002), {{ISBN|0-921714-72-6}}
  • War on Terror: Unfolding Bible Prophecy (WaterBrook Press, 2002), {{ISBN|0-921714-66-1}}{{cite news |title=Israel, Iran, Hamas, Russia, and a Very Good Author |url=http://www.theconservativevoice.com/articles/article.html?id=11941 |work=The Conservative Voice |date=2006-01-29 |accessdate=2008-07-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060717065517/http://www.theconservativevoice.com/articles/article.html?id=11941 |archivedate=2006-07-17 }}

References

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External links

  • [http://grantjeffrey.com Grant Jeffrey's official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528082619/http://www.grantjeffrey.com/ |date=2021-05-28 }}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20111016234626/http://waterbrookmultnomah.com/author-spotlight.php?authorid=14455 Grant Jeffrey's published books with WaterBrook Press]
  • [http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ministerfortson/2011/09/02/grant-jeffrey--end-time-bible-prophecy The Omega Hour]

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Category:Writers from Toronto