Trophy of Grace

When missionary Gene D. Phillips first sensed God's call to full-time Christian ministry, he seemed an unlikely candidate. As a senior in high school, Gene endured the untimely and devastating loss of his father. This left his family practically penniless and barely able to afford the necessities of life, much less the expensive education required for Gene to become a minister. But God had other plans and made the impossible possible for this young believer--a divine intervention that was but one of a string of remarkable instances interwoven into Gene's life story. During events that ranged from Gene's accidentally locking himself in an icebox to his being robbed and abducted in Southern Africa, God's saving grace was constant. This recurring theme of grace led those who knew Gene best to describe him, during his time on earth, as a "trophy of grace." His every breath was a testimony to the goodness of the God Gene preached about during almost 50 years in Africa. Jean Phillips, Gene's wife, got a ringside seat to his life well-lived. In a touching tribute that reads more like a novel than a biography, Jean highlights the many God-moments from her late husband's days. These God-moments included his tumultuous childhood, their courtship that led to 61 years of marriage and four children, their ministry and adventures on the mission field, and Gene's big game hunting, as well as his final homegoing.