I am Emeritus Professor of Old Testament at Northern Baptist Seminary. I was born in Brazil. I graduated from California Baptist College, Golden Gate Baptist Seminary, The Southern Baptist Seminary, and have done additional graduate work at the Graduate Theological Union. I have pastored churches in California, Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois. I have published more than 200 articles and book reviews in English, Spanish, and Russian. My academic works have been published in The Anchor Bible Dictionary, The Mercer Dictionary of the Bible, The Holman Bible Dictionary, Jewish Bible Quarterly, Perspective in Religious Studies, The Expository Times, Biblical Illustrator, Old Testament Abstracts, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, The Journal of Biblical Literature, and Biblical Archaeologist.
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I love it. I was blessed to speak at a homeless mission church on Fathers day (Australia) last Sunday. I spoke about people being carried along by sin within the framework of living in a broken world….and drew them into the story of redemption and the journey of life in Christ. I would have lost them if I preached “You must repent” … But through telling them about the God who enters into their pain, suffering and brokenness….now that got their attention.
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Craig,
From what you say, I am quite sure you preached a great sermon. Have you read The Suffering of God by Terence Fretheim. It is a good book that tells how God has entered human suffering.
Claude Mariottini
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That sounds like a good read. I haven’t read it and will put it on my list of books to read, thanks for the reference.
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