In a relaxed and informal atmosphere of a small Retreat Group, John Wright Follette opened to them the story of Gideon. The year was 1958 and the place was Desert Hot Springs, California. Christian friends, owners of a motel, reserved their facilities at this time for his use. In such a setting he could say: “I want to talk to you.” By this he meant he wanted to talk from his heart, and only as Truth had been personalized in his own life first, would he share it. “I am letting you know what I have experienced so that when you have to go through it, you will know what to do.” He taught that God had placed teachers in the Church. They were chosen and illuminated in the field of spiritual reality and their ministry was to bring from that field the knowledge, the truth, the revelation—all that would feed the Body; instruct it; and give it its growth. They were a gift to the Church from God Himself. John Wright Follette was just such a gift to the Church.

It was in the simple prosaic forms of everyday life that he sought and found Truth. In the story of Gideon he discovered Truth in this simple prosaic form. As an illuminated teacher this Truth is unfolded and the deeper meanings revealed—the flail, the ax, and the trumpet take on new meaning and our hearts receive encouragement as we see this man, Gideon, transformed under the power of God’s spoken Word.

A minimum of editing has been done so that this spoken and Spirit inspired message would not be lost in a written form. Join him now as you enter into this remarkable story of Gideon—the man who ‘if’d’ God.