Neil T. Anderson is an American writer on Christianity including ''Victory Over the Darkness'',''The Bondage Breaker'', ''The Steps to Freedom in Christ'' and ''Daily in Christ''. He is founder and president emeritus of Freedom in Christ Ministries. He was formerly chairman of the Practical Theology Department at

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Early life

Neil Anderson was born on a farm in

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to Scandinavian parents. After high school he joined the Navy and received training as an electronics technician and also worked as a sea and rescue swimmer. After being discharged honorably from the Navy he entered engineering school. After graduation, he took up a job as an aerospace engineer. He found the Lord while attending a Lay Institute For Evangelism by

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. Two years after coming to the Lord he resigned his position at

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and enrolled at

, the graduate school of

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