"(b). Introduction"
INTRODUCTION Rev. Stanley L. Derickson Ph.D.
COPYRIGHT 1992 Rev. Stanley L. Derickson Ph.D.
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DEDICATION: To Faith, my faithful help meet and best friend, as well as the many faithful believers that have supported us in prayer and finance over the years of our ministry.
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WELCOME to the wonderful world of theology on a computer. It had to come. I trust that it will be an asset rather than a liability! This work is broken into ten volumes, one volume for each major division of theology.
Please read this introduction before you begin. It will only take a moment.
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(503) 375-9303 A few items of introduction: This book is copyrighted. Please honor this in your use of the work. I plan to give wide latitude in distribution, but RETAIN THE RIGHT TO CONTROL DISTRIBUTION. If you want to pass this work on to others, please feel free to do so. The copyright laws forbid the resale of such products for your gain. In distributing the work, you may charge for media and a small copy charge. The total charge should not need to be more that double the cost of the disk and postage. In writing this book, I was interested in making information available for helping others in their work of the Great Commission. I have desired no profit from the effort and trust that each of you will use it to GOD’S glory and honor. His glory and honor has been my life’s work and I trust that it is your goal also. The work has been gone over several times, but errors of spelling and grammar are going to be found. All such errors are yours free of charge.
I trust that the LORD will be able to use the efforts that have gone into this work for His glory and for the furtherance of the Great Commission! A little information about the author so that you can know where he is coming from even if you can’t figure out where he is going. HA!
I have pastored and copastored churches over the years. These have been self support type ministries. I taught at a Bible Institute for four years. This is where the title for this book came from. The school attempted to bring about a respect between student and teacher by upholding the tradition of the students addressing the faculty as Mr. Derickson, etc. In my first year of teaching, the students found that Mr. Derickson took to much time, so they shortened it to Mr. D. This title carried with it the same respect, yet to me, seemed to carry with it also a note of familiarity, which I desired. My education is as follows: B.A./Denver Baptist Bible College and Seminary; Th.B./Western Baptist College, Salem, OR; Th.M. Toledo Bible College and Seminary; Ph.D./Trinity Seminary, Newburgh, IN. My wife and I were on deputation for five years with WEFMinistries (Now Biblical Ministries Worldwide). We were unable to raise our support, and felt that the LORD was telling us that He wanted us to minister in the United States for this period of our life.
I will admit to you now that this work is very strong on missions and fundamentalism. I believe these are two topics that the fundamental churches of America have forgotten to teach to the present generation. I trust that you will be challenged by the work.
Stanley L. Derickson 9-24-92 The number at the upper left corner of some pages is an identifier to help navigate the document. The index and table of contents are keyed to this number. If you use the "find" feature you can go directly to the top of that part of the document. You can also use "find" to locate a particular topic or term.