Hans K. LaRondelle

Hans Karl LaRondelle (* 18th April 1929 in the Netherlands , † 7. March 2011 in Sarasota , Florida ) was a Dutch-American systematic theologian of the Free Church of Seventh-day Adventist Church .

Education

Hans LaRondelle initially studied law at the University of Leiden , until reading the book The Great Controversy by Adventist pioneer Ellen G. White in 1949 led him to convert and finally to drop out of law school. LaRondelle then attended a Dutch Adventist seminar and then worked as a pastor and evangelist , while studying philosophy and Hebrew at the University of Utrecht . At the suggestion of William Gordon Campbell Murdoch (1902-1983), then director of Newbold College in Bracknell , Berkshire , he began studying at the Free University in Amsterdam in 1960 with Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer and Nicolaas Herman Ridderbos . When he was sent by the Dutch Association as a delegate to the general conference in Detroit in 1966, he made the decision to continue studying at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University in Berrien Springs , Michigan. In 1967 he took over the continuation of a major lecture by Edward Heppenstall (1901-1994), which was temporarily canceled due to illness. A scholarship and exemption from the faculty enabled him to resume studies with Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer in Amsterdam in 1969, which finally led him to his doctorate in 1971 . The title of the work is Perfection and Perfectionism .

activity

From 1953 to 1966, LaRondelle was an Adventist pastor and evangelist in the Netherlands. In 1962 he became the preacher ordained . From 1967 until his retirement in 1991, LaRondelle worked as a professor of systematic theology at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. As a biblical theologian , he kept the questions of fundamental theology in the background. In the last two decades he has made a number of lecture tours, for which purpose he also came to Germany regularly in the 1990s. In addition, between 1994 and 1998 he took part in bilateral talks between the Lutheran World Federation and the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the constituent meeting of which took place from November 1st to 5th, 1994 in Darmstadt. His contribution, presented in the subsequent consultation from June 17-21 , 1996 in Mississauga near Toronto , referred to the relationship between the doctrine of justification and moral responsibility in the context of the Last Judgment .

Works

From 1962 to 1966, Hans LaRondelle published in his mother tongue, then mainly in English, although there are also a number of translations in other languages.

Books in English

Perfection and Perfectionism: A Dogmatic-Ethical Study of Biblical Perfection and Phenomenal Perfectionism. Andrews University Press, Berrien Springs, 1971, 4th ed. 1984.
Christ Our Salvation: What God Does For Us and in Us. Pacific Press, Mountain View (California), 1980, 2nd ed. 1981. Reprinted by First Impressions, Berrien Springs, 1988, 1991, 1998.
Deliverance in the Psalms: Messages of Hope for Today. First Impressions, Berrien Springs, 1983, reprinted 1986.
The Israel of God in Prophecy: Principles of Prophetic Interpretation. Andrews University Press, Berrien Springs, 1983, ISBN 978-0-943872-14-8 .
Chariots of Salvation: The Biblical Drama of Armageddon. Review and Herald Publishing Association, Washington (DC), 1987 (see below).
The Good News About Armageddon. Review and Herald Pub. Association, Washington (DC), 1990 (German see below).
How to Understand the End-Time Prophecies of the Bible. First Impressions, Sarasota, 1997, ISBN 0-9659202-1-6 .
Assurance of Salvation. Pacific Press, Nampa (Idaho), 1999, ISBN 978-0816317127 .
Light for the Last Days: Jesus' Endtime Prophecies Made Plain in the Book of Revelation. Pacific Press, Nampa (Idaho), 1999, ISBN 0-8163-1758-5 .
Our Creator Redeemer: An Introduction to Biblical Covenant Theology. Andrews University Press, Berrien Springs, 2005, ISBN 978-1-883925-48-2 .
(Jon Paulien, ed.) The Bible Jesus Interpreted. Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament. Logos Bible Software, Loma Linda 2014.

Books and brochures in German

Armageddon: End and New Beginning. Saatkorn-Verlag, Hamburg 1991.
The good news about Armageddon (= small series, 5). Anton Schosch, Nuremberg 1994, DNB 94219411X .
When God speaks ...: Biblical prophecies understandable (= Kleine Schriften-Reihe, 6). Anton Schosch, Nuremberg 1998, DNB 954730895 .
End-time speeches: Jesus, Paulus, Johannes (= Kleine Schriften-Reihe, 7). Anton Schosch, Nuremberg 1999, DNB 956805515 .
Safe and secure: What will be true tomorrow (= Kleine Schriften-Reihe, 8). Anton Schosch, Nuremberg 2000.
The assurance of redemption. Community of Seventh-day Adventists, Hamburg, 2000, DNB 963849867 .

Essays in German

The hermeneutical principles of biblical eschatology. In: Studies on Revelation. The meaning of the three angels' messages today (Rev. 14: 6-12) . Volume I. Euro-Africa Division of the Seventh-day Adventists, Bern 1988, pp. 1–34.
The meaning of the seven last plagues. In: Studies on Revelation. The meaning of the three angels' messages today (Rev. 14: 6-12) . Volume II. Euro-Africa Division of the Seventh-day Adventists, Bern 1989, pp. 169–211.
The existential challenge of the three angel messages. In: Studies on Revelation. The meaning of the three angels' messages today (Rev. 14: 6-12) . Volume II. Euro-Africa-Division of the Seventh-day Adventists, Bern 1989, pp. 245-270.
The Theological Significance of Jerusalem and Babylon. In: Studies on Revelation. The meaning of the three angels' messages today (Rev. 14: 6-12) . Volume II. Euro-Africa Division of the Seventh-day Adventists, Bern 1989, pp. 119–168.

literature

Daniel Heinz, Jiří Moskala, Peter M. van Bemmelen (Eds.): Christ, Salvation, and the Eschaton: Essays in Honor of Hans K. LaRondelle. SDA-Theological Seminary, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, 2009, ISBN 9780970638021 .

Web links

Literature by and about Hans K. LaRondelle in the catalog of the German National Library

Article by Hans K. LaRondelle in the international Adventist pastors' magazine Ministry. (published between 1965 - 2010)
Jac Colón: Hans K. LaRondelle, Th.D. May 14, 2013 (English).; accessed on December 2, 2019
Laurence A. Gilmore: "The Gentle Theologian". May 21, 1973 (English).; accessed on December 3, 2019
Mark A. Kellner: Hans LaRondelle, Noted Adventist Theologian and Scholar, Dies at 81. In: Adventist Review Online, March 9, 2011.
Anton Schosch in conversation with Hans K. LaRondelle: "The fate of modern theology is its mixing with the zeitgeist!" In: tendencies online, without a year. Printed as a special edition of the Tendenzen magazine . 6th year, Nuremberg 1998, ISSN 0943-8653 , pp. 1–8.

Individual evidence

↑ See also for the following Laurence A. Gilmore, Australasian Record. Volume 77, No. 21, 1973, p. 5. ( PDF file )
↑ See Ministry, April 1963, p. 40. ( PDF file )
↑ See Fernando L. Canale, “Is There Room for Systematics in Adventist Theology?” Journal of the Adventist Theological Society Volume 12, No. 2, 2001, 110. (PDF file) "The most difficult challenge, however, is to recognize and determine the exact relationship or the exact relationships between the Old and New Testaments. Scientific theology has so far not been able to find an all-satisfactory agreement here. [...] Only a responsible exegesis of Scripture does justice to divine revelation. This is where the boundary between biblical theology and speculative theology lies. " (LaRondelle in conversation with A. Schosch, pp. 3 and 5)
^ "Theologically speaking, Adventism has integrated the eschatological dimension of the Final Judgment in its soteriology, while Protestant theology has excluded it." (Hans K. LaRondelle, "The Sevent-day Adventist View of the Relationship of Justification - Sanctification - the Final Judgment". In: Lutherans & Adventists in Conversation. Report and Papers Presented 1994-1998, " Seventh-day Adventist General Conference , Silver Springs (Maryland) / Lutheran World Federation, Geneva 2000, p. 131) For the cautious reaction of the German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation, see Seventh-day Adventists , especially footnote 59.
↑ The Adventist church historian Kenneth Strand called this book "one of the best works I have read on the subject" ( Ministry. September 1983, p. 32, PDF file ).
↑ Although a posthumous distribution product for logos, the publisher obviously tolerates a copy ( PDF file ) that can be downloaded from the Internet , which is in keeping with the missionary spirit of the members of free churches.

personal data
SURNAME	LaRondelle, Hans K.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	LaRondelle, Hans Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch-American systematic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	April 18, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH	March 7, 2011
Place of death	Sarasota , Florida

[1] See also for the following Laurence A. Gilmore, Australasian Record. Volume 77, No. 21, 1973, p. 5. ( PDF file )

[2] See Ministry, April 1963, p. 40. ( PDF file )

[3] See Fernando L. Canale, “Is There Room for Systematics in Adventist Theology?” Journal of the Adventist Theological Society Volume 12, No. 2, 2001, 110. (PDF file) "The most difficult challenge, however, is to recognize and determine the exact relationship or the exact relationships between the Old and New Testaments. Scientific theology has so far not been able to find an all-satisfactory agreement here. [...] Only a responsible exegesis of Scripture does justice to divine revelation. This is where the boundary between biblical theology and speculative theology lies. " (LaRondelle in conversation with A. Schosch, pp. 3 and 5)

[4] "Theologically speaking, Adventism has integrated the eschatological dimension of the Final Judgment in its soteriology, while Protestant theology has excluded it." (Hans K. LaRondelle, "The Sevent-day Adventist View of the Relationship of Justification - Sanctification - the Final Judgment". In: Lutherans & Adventists in Conversation. Report and Papers Presented 1994-1998, " Seventh-day Adventist General Conference , Silver Springs (Maryland) / Lutheran World Federation, Geneva 2000, p. 131) For the cautious reaction of the German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation, see Seventh-day Adventists , especially footnote 59.

[5] The Adventist church historian Kenneth Strand called this book "one of the best works I have read on the subject" ( Ministry. September 1983, p. 32, PDF file ).

[6] Although a posthumous distribution product for logos, the publisher obviously tolerates a copy ( PDF file ) that can be downloaded from the Internet , which is in keeping with the missionary spirit of the members of free churches.