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Justin Whitmel Earley

Tue, 26 Dec 2017 21:36:58 GMT

Justin Whitmel Earley (JD, Georgetown University) is the creator of The Common Rule, a program of habits designed to form us in the love of God and neighbor. He is also a mergers and acquisitions lawyer in Richmond, Virginia. He previously spent several years in China as the founder and general editor of The Urbanity Project and as the director of Thought and Culture Shapers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the community through arts. He and his wife, Lauren, have four sons and live in Richmond, Virginia.

Philip W. Eaton

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:44:01 GMT

Philip W. Eaton (PhD, Arizona State University) is president of Seattle Pacific University. He spent years in the classroom as a professor of literature, sojourned in business for a time and returned to Christian higher education in leadership. He is a writer and speaker, is active in his city and has served on many boards—among them the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and the Christian College Consortium.

Kim Gaines Eckert

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:22:09 GMT

Dr. Kim Gaines Eckert is a licensed psychologist in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she maintains a private counseling practice at the Relationship Therapy Center. Dr. Eckert came to Tennessee in 2002 to join the faculty of Lee University. She now teaches at Lee on an adjunct basis and is the clinical director of the Lee University Play Therapy Center. Dr. Eckert holds an undergraduate honors degree in English and anthropology from the University of Michigan, as well as a master's and doctorate from Wheaton College. In addition to her two books with InterVarsity Press, she has also published in Today’s Christian Woman, Psychology for Living, and Youth & Christian Education Leadership. Dr. Eckert is a national speaker and has been featured on programs such as Moody Radio's Prime Time America, and Midday Connection.

Elaine Howard Ecklund

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:40:14 GMT

Elaine Howard Ecklund

Paul R. Eddy

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:41:53 GMT

Paul R. Eddy (Ph.D., Marquette University) is Professor of Theology at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. His books include John Hick's Pluralist Philosophy of World Religions (Ashgate), Across the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology (with G. A. Boyd, Baker) and Divine Foreknowledge: Four Views (with James Beilby IVP).

Tara Edelschick

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:17:16 GMT

Tara Edelschick (EdD, Harvard) is a teacher, a writer, mother of three, and grandmother. For three decades, she has worked as an educator, teaching public high school students in New York, graduate students at Harvard's School of Education, homeschoolers in Massachusetts, and incarcerated men taking college courses through the Emerson Prison Initiative. In her church, you can find her speaking at a women's conference or marriage retreat, teaching Sunday school, gathering mothers for prayer and Bible study, or leading retreats for families.

William Edgar

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:46:04 GMT

William Edgar is professor of apologetics and coordinator of the apologetics department at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia as well as professeur associé at the Faculté Jean Calvin in Aix-en-Provence, France. He is the author of several books, including Created and Creating: A Biblical Theology of Culture; Reasons of the Heart: Recovering Christian Persuasion; Does Christianity Really Work?; The Christian Mind: Escaping Futility; A Transforming Vision: The Lord's Prayer as a Lens for Life; Francis Schaeffer on the Christian Life; and Christian Apologetics Past & Present.

Christina Barland Edmondson

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 18:45:57 GMT

Christina Barland Edmondson is a higher education instructor, organizational consultant, and co-host of the Truth's Table podcast. She is the coauthor of Faithful Antiracism and has served in a variety of roles in higher education including as the Dean for Intercultural Student Development at Calvin University. She is also a certified Cultural Intelligence facilitator, public speaker, mental health therapist, and a consultant in the areas of ethics, equity, and Christian leadership development.

Christina holds a PhD in counseling psychology from Tennessee State University, an MS degree in family therapy from the University of Rochester, and a bachelor's degree in sociology from Hampton University. Her writing has been seen and referenced in a variety of outlets including Essence.com, YourBlackWorld.com, and Gospel Today magazine.

Mark J. Edwards

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:59:39 GMT

Mark J. Edwards is tutor in theology at Christ Church and university lecturer in patristics at the University of Oxford. Among his publications are Neoplatonic Saints, Origen Against Plato, John Through the Centuries, Constantine and Christendom, and Culture and Philosophy in the Age of Plotinus. He also served as the volume editor for Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, New Testament volume 8 of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture.

Dennis R. Edwards

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 14:10:59 GMT

Dennis R. Edwards (PhD, Catholic University of America) is associate professor of New Testament as well as vice president for church relations and dean of North Park Seminary, Chicago. He has worked in urban ministry for over three decades, including serving as a church planter in Brooklyn and Washington, DC. His books include Might from the Margins and the Story of God Bible Commentary on 1 Peter.

Kent Eilers

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:38:08 GMT

Kent Eilers (PhD, King's College, University of Aberdeen) is associate professor of theology at Huntington University in Huntington, Indiana. He is the author of Faithful to Save: Pannenberg on God's Reconciling Action and the coeditor of Sanctified by Grace: A Theology of the Christian Life. His essays have appeared in publications such as Teaching Theology and Religion, American Theological Inquiry, and Christianity and Literature. His research interests include the doctrine of the Christian life, the place of traditions and the Great Tradition in the church, theological method, and the theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg. He and his wife, Tammy, have two daughters.

Tom L. Eisenman

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:43:02 GMT

Tom L. Eisenman is a pastor, writer, and speaker based in California. His ministry throughout the United States has been to a wide variety of audiences: from men's conferences to university student retreats, from family life workshops to Bible seminars. Tom has been a popular chapel speaker for professional sports teams. He and his wife, Judie, have led Bible studies on marriage and family topics for the San Francisco Forty Niners. Tom was also a speaker at the Promise Keepers conference in Boulder, Colorado. From personal evangelism to facing temptation, from equipping parents to developing Christian character, Tom Eisenman addresses a wide range of issues with a gift for candor, humor, and vivid illustrations that makes his practical biblical messages applicable and memorable for any audience. His articles have appeared in Moody, Decision, Discipleship Journal, Focus on the Family, and other publications. He is the author of several books, including Temptations Men Face, Everyday Evangelism, Temptation, Temptations Families Face, and The Accountable Man.

Mark W. Elliott

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:00:30 GMT

Mark W. Elliott (PhD, Cambridge) is a teaching fellow in church history at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He is the author of Song of Songs and Christology in the Early Church, 381-451. He is the editor of The Dynamics of Human Life and (with Kent Brower) Eschatology in Bible and Theology.

Carl F. Ellis Jr.

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:49:08 GMT

Carl F. Ellis Jr. (DPhil, Oxford Graduate School) is Provost's Professor of Theology and Culture at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is also academic dean of The Makazi Institute, which he cofounded to train the next generation of high-level cultural analysts, and he serves on numerous boards and as a consultant on cultural matters.

Courtney Ellis

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:28:42 GMT

Courtney Ellis is a pastor at the Presbyterian Church of the Master in Mission Viejo, California. She is the author of several books, including Happy Now and Present. She also hosts The Thing with Feathers, a podcast about birds and hope. She lives in Orange County, California, with her husband and three children.

Duane H. Elmer

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:43:44 GMT

Duane H. Elmer (PhD, Michigan State) has taught in over seventy-five countries and has provided cross-cultural training to Fortune 500 companies, relief and development agencies, mission organizations, churches, and educational institutions. He previously served as director of the PhD program in educational studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He has also conducted peace and reconciliation efforts in several countries. His books include Cross-Cultural Conflict, Cross-Cultural Connections, and Cross-Cultural Servanthood. The Elmers live in Winfield, Illinois.

Muriel I. Elmer

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 19:15:57 GMT

Muriel I. Elmer (PhD, Michigan State) is a retired adjunct professor for Trinity International University where she taught in both the educational studies and the intercultural studies PhD programs. She has taught nursing and intercultural communication at various institutions and has been an international consultant and educator for many cross-cultural organizations. She was the director of child survival programs and a training specialist at World Relief as well as a missionary in South Africa.

Joel C. Elowsky

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:17:08 GMT

Joel C. Elowsky (PhD, Drew University) is professor of historical theology at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, where he also serves as the director of the Center for the Study of Early Christian Texts. He is the editor of two volumes on John's Gospel in the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture series, the editor of volumes on Cyril of Alexandria, Theodore of Mopsuestia, and Eusebius of Caesarea in the Ancient Christian Texts series, the editor for We Believe in the Holy Spirit in the Ancient Christian Doctrine series, and consulting editor for the Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity.

Kim V. Engelmann

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:21:00 GMT

Kim V. Engelmann (DMin, Boston University) is senior pastor at West Valley Presbyterian Church in Cupertino, CA. Previously she served as pastor of caring ministries at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in Menlo Park, California and as associate pastor for First Congregational Church in Redwood City, California, Trinitarian Congregational Church in North Andover, Massachusetts, and The Federated Church of Ashland, Massachusetts. Her books include Seeing Jesus: Glimpses of God in My Life (2004) and three volumes that make up The Joona Trilogy (1995). She also writes the Conversation Guide in the journal, Conversations.

Adam C. English

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:16:48 GMT

Adam C. English (PhD, Baylor University) is an associate professor in the department of religion and philosophy at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina. He has published articles and book reviews in Christian Ethics Today, Perspectives in Religious Studies, and the Journal of Church and State. English is an ordained minister in the Baptist tradition and the author of The Possibility of Christian Philosophy (Rutledge, 2007).