Well, we are living in the end times.

We are living in the final chapter of Redemptive History, according to Scripture, because Christ

was the first fruit from the dead.

See, first Corinthians, chapter 15, the new creation has now broken into the old creation.

And to talk about this theme in this episode, we have a question today about a theologian

named George Eldon Ladd, who was born in 1911 and died in 1982 at the age of 71.

The question comes to us from a listener named Matthew.

Dear Pastor John, I've been reading a lot of books recently by a professor from Fuller

Seminary.

I'm sure you're familiar with Dr. George Eldon Ladd.

I'm intrigued by his writings, but I don't know what to make of his theological leanings,

whether or not he is an evangelical.

What is your opinion on Ladd?

Did you ever have him as a professor and how did he shape your theology today?

Well, I totally did not expect a question like this, and I'm so happy to have it, because

I don't hesitate Matthew to say that I'm thrilled that you are reading George Ladd.

I really am.

I knew George Ladd personally, as my professor, in the days when I was a Fuller Seminary

from 68 to 71, that's a previous century, that's 1968 to 71.

I took his basic course on New Testament theology, which became that book New Testament theology

and was in his home for discussion at least once.

He was, as many evangelicals were, back in those days, a kind of broken man with many

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