Episode 1 of “What Now”. This 4-episode series includes teaching from the WH Griffith Thomas Lecture Series given in 1999 at Dallas Theological Seminary by Professor Howard Hendricks. Special thanks to Jeanne Hendricks for permission to use these lectures.
Dr. Howard G. Hendricks, known simply as “Prof,” directly or indirectly touched millions of lives in the evangelical community and beyond. For more than sixty years Prof served on the faculty of Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS), where he taught more than ten thousand students. He also ministered in person in more than eighty countries. Through speaking engagements, radio, tapes, films, the sixteen books he authored and coauthored, countless journal and popular-market articles, his service on numerous boards, and his work as a chaplain to the Dallas Cowboys (1976–1984), his reach was and is worldwide. His legacy, in partnership with Jeanne, his wife of more than sixty-six years, includes four children, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Read more about Profs legacy here.
Jeanne Hendricks served alongside her husband for nearly sixty-six years. Together they raised four children, ministered, traveled, and co-authored several books. Jeanne has written several books on marriage and parenting. She is currently working on a memoir about her late-husband. Today, in her early-nineties, Jeanne is still actively serving in her church and mentoring young women at Dallas Theological Seminary.
For more about Jeanne:
Jeanne Hendricks: God’s Grace Before, Beside, and After “Prof” Hendricks
Jeanne Hendricks – Leading Well
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