Thank you to everyone who has made this project possible. To Dennis Northington for his valuable insight and permission to repurpose some of his amazing findings. To Derek McLaughlin for the enormous amount of time that he put into helping me refine this book. To Adam Sapelak, Barry Slauenwhite, Benjamin Ruttan, Bob Beasley, Carolyn Majoran, Dan Knight, Darren Tobin, Dave Morris, Don and Fay Simmonds, Doug Blackwell, Ernie Jones, Evan Chassikos, Faith Lindsay, Felix Baril Boudreau, George Tschetter, Hilly Boers, Ian Buchanan, Jude St. John, Keith Locke, Ken Bignell, Kerry Wilson, Larry Willard, Laurie Handzlik, Maria Shier, Mel Finlay, Mike Lee, Richard Quiring, Robert Bell, Shane Fama, and Tom Ward for your contributions in editing and/or making recommendations. To Mario Ngabwe and Bill Gibbison for some thought-provoking conversations about light. To Sunder Krishnan for encouraging me to proceed with the book and stay focused on Scripture, despite not having a clear path forward. All glory goes to God; all I have is His, and this project simply points back to Him. For we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. (1 Timothy 6:7) For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. (Galatians 6:3)
Please note that I have intentionally emphasized certain passages through the use of italics, underlining, and/or bolding. Additionally, I have capitalized the word, Light when I believe the text is specifically referencing God.
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