When I learned from a mutual friend that one of my beloved mentors, Hans LaRondelle, did not have long to live, I sent him a note of appreciation for the years I have enjoyed him as a teacher and a colleague at the Andrews University Seminary in Berrien Springs, Michigan. He was one of my two favorite teachers when I was a student there, first in the MDiv program and later for my PhD. As an M.Div. student in the mid-1970s, I will never forget the class where he described