Acknowledgments
The completion of this book is the result of a long journey in which I worked and was accompanied by many to whom I am deeply indebted. I cannot express my gratitude and appreciation to these wonderful supporters:
The Triune God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
My supervisors: Lauren Pfister and Jeremy Law.
The faculty and supporting team at OCMS.
The encouraging tutors: Damon So, Wright Doyle, and Ben Knighton.
My family: my wife Shuman Tsai, my parents Linhe and Chomei Hwang, my sister Tsung-Ni Hwang, my sister-in-law Lily Tsai, my father-in-law Fuding Tsai, and my mother-in-law Chojin Tsai.
My friends: David and Grace Perng, Zhijien Bai and Bo Li, Jack and Ruth Huang, Timothy and Phoebe Xu, Joseph and Cherry Lai, Godfrey Stone, Robert Reynolds, Anna Barnes, Mirasy Pfister, Yanbei and Quixing Jiao.
The churches and organizations who supported me: the Community Church of Taichung, Mount Olive Fellowship in Shanghai, Central Taiwan Theological Seminary, and the Evangelical Formosan Church in Pingtung.
Tsung-I Hwang
Puli, Taiwan,
May 2024