Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
The sixth edition of this work has built on extended classroom use of the first (1993), second (1997), third (2001), fourth (2007), and fifth (2011) editions. These earlier versions were tested against student audiences in Australasia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The author and publisher are especially grateful to students and faculty of Drew University, King's College London, McGill University, Oxford University, Princeton Theological Seminary, Regent College Vancouver, Ridley College Melbourne, Wheaton College Illinois, and Wycliffe Hall Oxford for invaluable comments and suggestions, which shaped the approach of this work. They also gladly acknowledge the helpful comments of those who have translated earlier editions into Chinese, Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Russian for important suggestions concerning the clarity and arrangement of the text.
The author and publisher also wish to thank the following for their invaluable guidance in revising the work for this edition: Professor David Cherney (Azusa Pacific University); Dr. Cheryl Clemons (Brescia University, Owensboro); Dr. Joanna Collicutt (Heythrop College, London); Professor David Eaton (Bartlesville Wesleyan College); Dr. James Francis (University of Sunderland); Dr. Scott Hahn (University of Steubenville); Dr. Tom Halstead (The Master's College, Santa Clarita); Dr. Myron J. Houghton (Faith Baptist Theological Seminary); Professor Mark Johnson (Marquette University); Dr. Neil N. Jones (Stillman College); Dr. John C. Klaassen (Calvary Theological Seminary); Professor Kathryn A. Kleinhans (Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa); Professor Glenn Kreider (Dallas Theological Seminary); Dr. Phil Long (Grace Bible College); Dr. Clive Marsh (College of Ripon and York); Dr. Timothy Maschke (Concordia University, Wisconsin); Professor Gerald McCulloch (Loyola University, Chicago); Professor Paul K. Moser (Loyola University, Chicago); Professor Dennis Ngien (Toronto); Dr. Christopher Partridge (University College, Chester); Prof. Dr. Albert Raffelt (Freiburg im Breisgau); Dr. Harvey Solganik (Missouri Baptist College); Dr. Robert Song (Durham University); Dr. Matthew Thomas (Regent College, Vancouver); Dr. Ian Tutton (University of Cardiff); Dr. Robert Wall (Seattle Pacific University); Dr. Edward Wierenga (University of Rochester); Professor George Wiley (Baker University); and Dr. Susan Wood (College of St. Benedict and St. John's University, Missouri).
The author and publisher are committed to keeping this work up to date. They welcome suggestions for improvements for future editions.