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Goodman was professor and Bob D. Shepherd Chair of New Testament Interpretation. Dr. Goodman joined the faculty of the Divinity School at Gardner-Webb in the fall of 2003 as Associate Professor of New Testament. Prior to coming to North Carolina, Goodman served as Associate Professor of New Testament Studies at Palm Beach Atlantic University, where he was twice named Professor of the Year, and was awarded the Charles and Hazel Corts Award for Outstanding Teaching. In 2004, Goodman was one of only ten theological school professors nationwide to be awarded the Theological Scholars Grant by the Association of Theological Schools and the Lilly Foundation for his project on the history of Baptist-Jewish relations. Goodman was an active and respected scholar in his field. In 2006, Goodman was issue editor and a contributing author for Review and Expositor's issue on Jewish-Christian Dialogue. In August 2006, The Gardner-Webb Board of Trustees awarded Goodman the distinction of the Bob D. Shepherd Chair of New Testament Interpretation. Although Goodman's ministry took place first in the classroom, he was equally devoted to serving the church. He had served as an interim pastor in Baptist churches in New York, New Jersey, Florida and North Carolina. Goodman also preached and taught in numerous churches across North Carolina. Most recently he had served as Interim Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Asheville. Danny was a devoted husband, loving father, and a loyal friend. He was a member of Boiling Springs Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and sang in the sanctuary choir. Dr. Goodman was a native of DuBois, Pa. and Wellington, Fla. He was a graduate of Palm Beach Atlantic University, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Drew University.
He is preceded in death by his father, Alvin Eugene Goodman.
Danny is survived by his wife, Barbara Wallace Goodman; sons, Daniel and Dylan; his mother, Janet Kirkland McElveen and her husband, David, of Florida; grandparents, Glenn and Mable Frost of Pennsylvania and Marjorie McElveen of Florida; his sisters, Robin Henriquez and husband, Miguel, of Pennsylvania, Terri Alderman and husband, Lewis, of Florida, and Dana Bates and husband, Chris, of Florida; his father and mother-in-law, Robert P. and Sherrill Wallace; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
Remembrance Service: Thursday, Jan. 15, 11 a.m., Boiling Springs Baptist Church
Visitation: The family will receive friends Thursday, 9 to 11 a.m., at the church.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, Scholarship Fund for Daniel and Dylan Goodman, BB&T Bank, P.O. Box 796, Boiling Springs, NC 28017
Funeral Home: Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home and Crematory
Online Condolences: www.cecilmburtonfuneralhome.com
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Memories and Condolences
for Dan Goodman
jordana hart
February 2, 2009
after 4 years of undergrad studies and 4 years of div school at GWU, i can honestly say that dr. goodman was one of my top 3 favourite professors. he constantly inspired, challenged, and encouraged me in life-altering ways, and i am forever grateful. he radiated Jesus in everything he did. and regardless of how involved he was with everything in his own life, he always made time for me and his other students. i am incredibly blessed to have known this true man of God and look forward to seeing him again in heaven!
Marie Free
January 18, 2009
Dan spoke at our church several times and was always an inspiration.
God takes only the best and he was one of the best. A wonderful speaker and friend. My heartfelt sympathy to his family, friends and the university. He will be sorely missed.
Larry Keeter
January 17, 2009
Knew Dan a little over a year. A real highlight of Holy Land tour (May 2007) was becoming acquainted with him. So energetic and intellectually alive. Enjoyed scholarly exchanges with him about Jewish-Christian dialogue then and later. Bless his wife and two sons.
Lydia Gillespie
January 17, 2009
There's not enough room to explain how much Dan Goodman meant to me and my family. Danny, we love you and miss you, and Barbara, Dylan, Daniel and all the family, we are praying for you in this time of loss and celebration of his life.
Craig Martin
January 16, 2009
Danny was the high school classmate I most wanted to be like; he was kind and gentle to the popular and the not-so-popular. I have told my children of his life and family, and how God's Spirit is redeeming the world through men like him. For Barb and the boys the Martin family prays "Lord have mercy".
Asheville Friend
January 15, 2009
Last weekly message to Calvary Baptist Asheville from Dr Goodman.
You have encourage me more than you will ever know!
Well, this is it. I can’t tell you how much I’ve appreciated the
opportunity to fill this space with my short reflections each
week—as someone with greater confidence as a writer than as a
speaker, I’ve considered these columns to be both more
important and more effective than most of what I’ve said to you
on Sundays. Like sermons, some of these columns have
(hopefully) hit the spot; others have (undoubtedly) missed the
mark. But throughout our time together, they’ve been a valuable
way for me to “keep the conversation going” from week to
week.
I have a hunch that, while we’ll both forget most of the sermons
and, for that matter, most of the columns from the past year or
so, our memories will nevertheless hold onto something like a
sense of each other. The sense of friendship with one another.
The sense of expectation that God will speak. The sense of
gratitude for God’s love and grace. And that’s just as it should
be. I’d rather you forget every sermon I preached and
remember, instead, someone who came to you as a stranger but
who leaves you as a friend and a supporter who wishes for
God’s blessing to abide with you in compelling and creative
ways during your next century. And I’d rather forget every kind
word and every affirming gesture you offered me—and there
were many, thank you—and remember, instead, a church eager
to meet God and committed to being a faithful community of
pilgrims on our ever-surprising journey of faith and discovery in
search of God’s kingdom. There’s a sense to those things,
something that can’t be captured in a sermon or a column or a
conversation.
What’s next? That can be an unsettling question. In one sense,
the answer is obvious and immediate. You will welcome a new
pastor and, next week, commence the next 100 years of
Calvary’s service to God and neighbor. I have a calendar with
churches to preach and teach at in the winter and spring. But in
a deeper sense—a more hallowed sense—what’s next? In the
ways that matter most, of course, that’s a question that neither
you nor I can answer very well. Whatever’s next for us is in
God’s hands. But we can hope. We can strive. And we can
pray for each other and encourage each other to all kinds of good
works and honest living.
Robin Henriquez
January 15, 2009
My brother, Danny, was the only boy in our family. We made such a fuss over him.
One time, we went looking for salamanders back "the dirt road", but all we happened to run into was a copperhead snake. We were down the bank where we weren't allowed to be. We never went down the bank again!!!
I, like my sisters, was truly blessed to have a brother like Danny. He was always the clown and would cheer up anyone.
I will miss my little brother immensely, but I know he is in Heaven with our dad and countless others.
I am so proud of what he accomplished in his life and the many people he touched.
Jamie Phillips
January 15, 2009
You will be GREATLY missed, but we will never forget you. Our family gatherings will never be the same without you,but you will always be in our hearts!!
Sarah Hassell Slyman
January 15, 2009
I will never forget Prof. Goodman. It was an honor and privilege to sit under his teaching at PBA. I was forced to grow spiritually and academically. He was so full of energy and zeal. Everyone who knew him loved him- he will be missed by many.
John S
January 15, 2009
I am a friend of Dan's sister, Dana. She mentioned how much she looked up to him and, his love for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Based on what I have read, he has touched the lives of many.
Though this departure is untimely, we will celebrate knowing he is with Jesus.
Pamela Humphrey
January 15, 2009
Although I did not know you personally, my son Darrell Humphrey was one of your students. I know that He will miss you greatly and so will all the students that had the previlage of knowing you. We will see you in heaven. Thank you so much for your devotion to God and your work that you did at GWU
Daniel Bradshaw
January 15, 2009
Dr. Goodman was an excellent preacher and inspiration to our church and to me personally. He will be missed by all who knew him.
Kate Londono
January 15, 2009
Dr. Goodman was an inspiration to everyone around him and a professor like none other. He made a lasting imprint in my life and the life of so many others.
DIANA BARNES
January 15, 2009
UNCLE DANNY WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON. HE ALWAYS KNEW HOW TO MAKE A PERSON LAUGH. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY EVERYONE. HE WILL BE IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER.
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