About:
Rick Rood is a native of Seattle, Washington, and was raised mostly in the Bay Area of California. He graduated from Seattle Pacific University in 1972 with a B.A. in history, and from Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) in 1976 with a Th.M. in Old Testament. He also completed work toward a Ph.D. in theological studies at DTS (all but dissertation). He has served as a pastor, seminary instructor at DTS, in ministry to international university students, and since 1996 has served as a hospital chaplain. He has also served on the global faculty of ACTS International (www.actsinternational.net), a mission devoted to providing training for indigenous Christian workers in underserved areas of Asia. He developed an interest in the fate of the unevangelized while serving in ministry to international students in the late 1980s, and with Probe Ministries (an apologetics ministry) during the 1990s. He has authored two other books: Our Story . . . His Story: One Couple’s Encounter With the Grace of God in the Crucible of Affliction (Xulon Press, 2014), and A Day in the Life of a Chaplain: Bringing Grace and Hope to Hurting People (Resource Publications, 2022).
