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Family living, Christian ministry, and future events are topics the world is interested in. This accumulation of short stories will explore these issues by applying biblical principles that are at their foundation and by encircling them in fictional dramatical events.
Woven into these powerful vignettes of the Christian life are words to inspire, reflect, and simultaneously challenge. Pastor Ralph masterfully captures the experience of years of ministerial trials and triumph to create stories so relatable that we see our lives at times reflected in the characters before us. Read these stories and take a journey of both provocative reflection and introspection. Read this book and be reminded that our Great Hope lies before us!
——Darin D. Dunham, Senior Adults and Men’s Pastor, Fruit Cove Baptist Church, Florida
Ralph D. Curtin, originally from Long Island, New York, relocated to South Florida in 1987 to direct a large Christian ministry with its focus on Jewish evangelism. Within three years he resumed his ministerial studies, earning a BS and MA in biblical studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. From there he went on to earn a DMin in Christian counseling from the South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary in Deerfield Beach, Florida, where he presided as academic dean and professor of biblical studies. Curtin is presently an adjunct professor for Trinity College in Deerfield, Illinois, as well as a pastor emeritus in a large denominational church in Florida. He and his helpmate of over sixty years, Kathy, have two children, seven grandchildren, and one son who is now with the Lord in glory.