John C. Purdy
· Blessed Are You: The Beatitudes of Jesus in Scripture and in Life
John C. Purdy is a graduate of the College of Wooster (B.A.) and Princeton Theological Seminary (M.Div.). He also spent a year of study in Basel, Switzerland. Following seminary, Mr. Purdy was a pastor in Wisconsin for twelve years. For the next twenty-six years he was Curriculum Editor for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He passed away in 2007 at the age of 81.
He is the author of Parables at Work (Westminster Press, 1985) and Returning God’s Call: The Challenge of Christian Living (Westminster Press, 1989) and God With a Human Face (Westminster/John Knox, 1993).