God's Perfect Timing: A Literal Approach to Chronology in the Bible

By Melvin James Woodard III

We are creatures of time. It affects every moment of our lives. Yet when we study the Bible, our focus tends to be on principles and personalities rather than on how the events of redemptive history were perfectly timed by God. Since my own study of the Bible's timeline opened my eyes to some of God's biggest truths, my goals is to intro

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dr Melvin J Woodard III
• Release date: Mar 31, 2020
• ISBN: 9781087870250

Melvin James Woodard III

Dr. Melvin J. Woodard III is pastor and founder of New Salem Baptist Church, Indianapolis, IN. He formerly pastored New Bethel Baptist Church (Indianapolis) and Mount Zion Baptist Church (Lorain, OH). He is currently on faculty at Charles A. Tindley Accelerated (High) School in Indianapolis as a biology/chemistry teacher. Dr. Woodard and family moved to Indiana in June 2006 and has since received a Master of Arts in Advanced Leadership ('09), Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership ('12), and a Master of Business Administration in Health Care Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University ('15); and an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from International University of Ministry and Education ('13). At IWU, Dr. Woodard developed a psychometric instrument entitled the Leadership Influence and Decision-Making Inventory (LIDMI), based on Robert Sternberg's imbalance theory of foolishness. Dr. Woodard previously has received a Master of Arts in Religious Studies ('90), Master of Divinity ('93) equivalency, and a Doctor of Ministry in Black Church Studies ('93) from Ashland Theological Seminary's McCreary Center for African American Religious Studies; and a PhD (ABD) from Cambridge University in Oxford England ('01). Prior to assuming full-time pastoral ministry ('06), Dr. Woodard was an Anesthesiologist Assistant for 24 years in Northeast Ohio following graduation from Case Western Reserve University ('82). He has traveled broadly, spoken extensively, and written professionally on numerous subjects. Dr. Woodard resides in Zionsville (IN) with his wife Beverly and they have four grown children and two grandchildren (Jaxon & Lavender).