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Jesus's cry of dereliction on the cross,"My God, my God, why haveyou forsaken me?" haspuzzled many Christians throughout church history. Jurgen Moltmann, based on the theological legacy of Martin Luther's theologia crucis, claims that all Christian theology has to bea theology of the cross.' Moltmannmay haveexaggerated a bit when he claims, "All Christian theology and all Christian life is basically an answer to this question [Jesus's cry ofdereliction] which Jesus asked as he died.''2 But he issurely right in that Jesus's cry on the cross is extremely important for Christians in life and doctrine,especially for our understanding of God and the trinitarian relationship between the Father and the Son besides our understanding of Christ's work for human salvatio.n3 John Thompson also points out the importance of the divine abandonment, "Modem theology regards the God-forsakenness and abandonment of the Son by the Father asa crucial as ect of a trinitarian theology of the cross.

The "Serendipity of Marriage" is based on biblical scrip-teaching. Reverend Smith as a minister, has been consoling men, women, and couples for over twenty years, discussing their difference in the behavior of the opposite gender. To help them better understand their role in their relationship, Rev. Smith would direct them to scripture, where they are able to feel their role within their relationship. Marriage is a sacred union before God; it does not matter how difficult your relationship is, with your husband or wife, because if you first have that relationship between you and God, then your relationship between your husband or wife will be a benefactor of your relationship with God. We should not go into marriage because of money or other material wants, but it should be based on "LOVE" and only "LOVE." Everything else that you receive after marriage would be a blessing from God.¿¿Rev. Dr. Joseph D. Smith is the fifth of eight children. He was born in Connecticut and was ordained as a Deacon there in 1979 at St. James Baptist church. Rev. Smith accepted his calling to the Ministry ten years later, was licensed as a Minister in 1990, and was ordained in 1995, serving as the assistant to the Pastor at Smyrna Missionary Baptist Church in Massachusetts. A data processing system analyst, he is married with two daughters and now lives in North Carolina; and loves playing the drums, chess, and listing to gospel music.