It would be difficult to introduce the book of Zechariah with a better combination of urgency and anticipation than this: “The book of Zechariah brims with enigma and paradox. The longest of the Minor Prophets, the New Testament writers quote from it more than almost any other Old Testament book. Unfortunately, readers today rarely examine its contents. It is a tragedy that a biblical book that influenced the Gospel writers so greatly, not to mention other portions of the New Testament, as much as any other Old Testament volume remains a closed book to so many in the Church today. As we will see … Zechariah provides readers present and future unparalleled insights into the ways of God, with particular emphasis upon the work of the Messiah and the nature of the future Kingdom” (Klein, Zechariah, The New American Commentary, 8).
To help us rightly situate and understand this hugely-significant and often-ignored prophetic work we welcome to the podcast Dr. Kyle Dunham. Dr. Dunham is the chair of the Old Testament department and professor at Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary in Allen Park, Michigan, where he has served since 2016.
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Kyle C. Dunham is the associate professor of Old Testament at Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary in Allen Park, Michigan, where he has served since 2016. Prior to coming to DBTS, he served at Virginia Beach Theological Seminary, The Master’s Seminary, and at Northland International University. Dr. Dunham’s areas of expertise include the kingdom of God, ancient Near Eastern theodicy, the book of Job, and Israelite wisdom literature. He and his wife, Judith, reside in Allen Park, Michigan, and have two daughters.
Josiah has served the Oakridge Bible Chapel family as one of its elders and one of its pastoral staff members since September 2018, before which he ministered as an associate pastor to a local congregation in the Canadian prairies. Josiah's desire is to be used by God to help equip the church for ministry, both while gathered (edification) and while scattered (evangelization). He is married to Patricia, and together they have five children—Jonah, Henry, Nathaniel, Josephine, and Benjamin.
