A Son Remembers His Spiritual Father

Dr. Rod Rosenbladt died in Christ today after a brief illness.

There was no one else like him. J. I. Packer once told him, “Rod, you not only possess Luther’s theology, you embody the man.”

No one has influenced my course in life more than Rod. He was my first theology teacher. He encouraged me to do my M.A. thesis on B. B. Warfield. He was the one who urged me to go to Westminster Seminary California, and then when I graduated he and Dr. John Warwick Montgomery invited me back to the Simon Greenleaf School of Law (now Trinity Law School) to teach apologetics (my first professorship).

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Kim Riddlebarger | “A Father in the Faith, a Mentor, a Colleague, and a Dear friend (Dr Rod Rosenbladt, January 2m 1942—February 2, 2024)” | Feb 2, 2024


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    Kim is a graduate of Simon Greenleaf School of Law (M.A.), Westminster Seminary California (M.A., M. Div.), and Fuller Theological Seminary (Ph.D.). From 1995–2020 he was senior pastor of Christ Reformed Church (URCNA) in Anaheim. He was a long-time co-host of the White Horse Inn radio show and is currently Visiting Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Seminary California. Follow his work at The Riddleblog.

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