Millard Charles Lind

Millard Charles Lind, 96, of Goshen, Indiana, died on April 25, 2015 at his home at Greencroft. He was born in Bakersfield, California on October 10, 1918 to Norman A. and Sarah Flohr Lind, and was married to Miriam Sieber Lind on April 17, 1943, in Goshen. He is survived by his children and their spouses - Dan and Anne (Lehman) Lind of Goshen, Jonathan and Anda (Stamm) Lind of Manassas, Virginia, Timothy and Suzanne (Hilty) Lind of Three Rivers, Michigan, Matthew and Kathy (McCabe) Lind of Goshen, James and Kate (Hodgson) Lind of Three Rivers, Michigan, Sarah Lind and James Rhem of Madison, Wisconsin, Dirk Vardaman of Goshen - eighteen grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. Millard was a graduate of Goshen College in 1942, and received a ThD from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in 1964. He was a member of Goshen College Mennonite Church. Lind had a deep commitment to his family and to his church. He served the latter as a pastor, writer, editor, and notably as a teacher. He was Professor of Old Testament at Goshen Biblical Seminary and its successor, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries, from 1959 until his retirement in 1998. Lind is remembered by several generations of Mennonite church workers and pastors for his love of the Old Testament texts, his teachings on the Pentateuch and the prophets, and for his life-long inquiry into themes of state violence and power from an Old Testament perspective. Among his published writings are a study of Old Testament warfare, Yahweh Is a Warrior (1980), and of capital punishment, The Sound of Sheer Silence and the Killing State (2004). Visitation will be from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Sat., May 9, 2015 at College Mennonite Church prior to the 3 p.m. memorial service. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart.