About the Author
Rick Jones became a Christian at the age of 20. After fulfilling his remaining two years of military obligation, he attended Baptist Bible College East in New York. After graduating, God led him to work for six years at a Christian home for troubled teenagers, dealing with thousands of teens having every problem imaginable. As a result of the spiritual principles that were taught there, he witnessed the salvation and miraculous transformation of countless teens. His desire to see these same spiritual principles change as many lives as possible motivated the writing of both Stairway To Hell and How To Be a Successful Teenager.
Rick was born and raised a Roman Catholic which laid the foundation for his third book, "Understanding Roman Catholicism". Being saved out of Catholicism caused him to experience the dramatic difference between the emptiness of religion and a fulfilling personal relationship with Jesus Christ. In addition, in 1987 God led Rick to Chick Publications, where he has worked for the last twenty years. It was there that he began an extensive study of official Catholic beliefs and learned the stark differences between Catholicism and the Bible. Not wanting a single Catholic to miss heaven, this book was written to offer Catholics true Biblical salvation, which they will never find in their religion.
His fourth book, When Life is Over, was also motivated by a desire to help people settle their eternal destiny. For years he heard people ask the same questions about the afterlife, "Would a loving God really send people to hell? , and "Aren't there many paths to heaven?". Knowing that all these questions are clearly answered in God's Word he wrote a short book answering these questions, plus everyone's most important question, "Where will I go when life is over?"
