JETS 52:3 (September 2009) p. 667 the monumental influence that Ladd was to have, in the midst of it he made a wreck of his own life in many ways, and he perceived himself as a failure. This is one of D’Elia’s main ideas and he prosecutes this saddening thesis very effectively from the evidence. We may now turn to a few brief comments about what readers today, especially evangelicals, can learn from the content of this book, the life of one of our progenitors. A very important lesson to learn from