Ralph D. Curtin

Doctor Curtin, originally from Long Island, New York, relocated in South Florida in 1987 to direct a large Christian ministry with its focus on Jewish evangelism. Within three years he resumed his ministerial studies, earning a B.S. and M.A. in Biblical Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. From there he went on to earn a Doctor of Ministry degree in Christian Counseling from the South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary in Deerfield Beach, Florida, where he presided as Academic Dean and professor of Biblical Studies. Dr. Curtin is presently an adjunct professor for Trinity College in Davie, Florida as well as the senior pastor in a large denominational church. He and his helpmate of forty-seven years, Kathy, have three married children and seven grandchildren.

His first work of prophetic fiction, The Agenda, published as one of six books in the Tribulation Series by OakTara Fiction chronicles the rise of the Antichrist through the discovery of the AIDS vaccine. This book was followed up by the sequel, The Lights of God that dramatizes the modern discovery of the ancient Biblical revelatory device used by the Hebrew high priest, the Urim and Thummim, and its role in the exposure of the Antichrist. The third, fourth, and fifth book in the futuristic Tribulation Series, The Seven Seals, The Seven Trumpets, and The Seven Bowls describe the events in America and the Mideast during the Tribulation that is soon to come upon the Earth.

Emerging from his ministry as the Senior Pastor of a church in So. Florida that hosts both a Brazilian and Haitian group is a church life book entitled, Sharing Your Church Building. This book was originally published by Baker Books and is currently a reprint of Wiph & Stock Publishing and will prove to be a valuable tool in the hands of the pastor experiencing the blessing of hosting divergent ministries under one banner in the Christian Church.

Waking the Sleeping Church is a non-fiction book that recognizes the weakness in the modern Christian Church and the cause of its impotency in America. The book offers a remedial plan to overcome this tragedy.

The Family Matter, a novel that addresses the plight of America's homeless and the call of the Christian Church to minister to them, is being reprinted by OakTara Fiction and will be available in 2011.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Dr. Curtin’s ministerial duties include preaching God’s Word as well as shepherding and counseling his flock. In addition, his interests apart from writing range from riding his big Harley to nature photography. Many of Dr. Curtin’s photographs have been published in national magazines.

The idea to write biblical fiction goes back many years, long before The Left Behind series became popular. Unfortunately, his name was not as well known, so the prophetic fiction novel he wrote took a long time to be recognized. Many of the characters are composites of people in his life, while others are pure literary invention. His passion to write prophetic fiction emerged from his love for the Bible and its view toward the future. Remarkably, current events continue to intrigue him as he sees the fulfillment of the very prophecies God predicted. Therefore, his writing takes on more of an admonition than just a fictional story.

His desire to write contemporary fiction emerged from his observation of society’s needs as he saw them. Meeting the needs of the hurting in our world is an obligation he believes should be met by those who are able, whether they are in the world or in the church.