Acknowledgments
There have been many who have helped me in getting this manuscript ready for publication. I would like to thank Drs. David Lalka, Norman Geisler, Ramesh Richard for their critiques and constructive input. In this revised edition I am deeply grateful to Danielle DuRant, my research assistant, who meticulously worked through every page to make this manuscript more complete, including developing study questions for each chapter. For all her hours spent behind a computer I am grateful to my executive assistant, Nancy Bevers. But most of all, no one has given up more nor had more of a share in this accomplishment than my wife, Margie. I cannot gainsay her hard work in helping me. Last, but not least, my children insist that they have paid the price, too, by sacrificing many hours of play with their father, and they are right. My affectionate thanks to them also.