Earl Fitz is a doer. According to a recent article in CHRISTIANITY TODAY, Fitz is 81 years young and he has been the mayor of Iowa Falls, Iowa four times. But that's the easy part. In Earl's midfifties he left his teaching job and began a new career, selling Bibles. Earl bought 10,000 Bibles from a publisher getting out of Bible sales and sold them all. Today, Earl is the founder and president of Riverside Book and Bible House, which sold $33 million worth of books last year. He's succeeded with a lot of hard work and a commitment to get Bibles into the homes of America.

Earl began a new career when most are preparing for retirement. He wasn't ready to buy into that classic American line, "I've done my time, I owe myself some easy livin'." And he's going strong nearly thirty years later. …