Browse Authors - V

Ian J. Vaillancourt

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:32:43 GMT

Ian J. Vaillancourt (PhD, University of St. Michael's College) is associate professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Heritage Theological Seminary in Cambridge, Ontario. He is the author of The Dawning of Redemption: The Story of the Pentateuch and the Hope of the Gospel and The Multifaceted Saviour of Psalms 110 and 118: A Canonical Exegesis (winner of the 2020 R. B. Y. Scott Award).

Benno van den Toren

Wed, 04 May 2022 20:43:07 GMT

Benno van den Toren (PhD, Theological University in Kampen) is professor of intercultural theology at the Protestant Theological University in Groningen, the Netherlands. He has taught in French-speaking Africa and at Wycliffe Hall at Oxford University, and his books include Christian Apologetics as Cross-Cultural Dialogue and Reasons for My Hope: Responding to Non-Christian Friends.

Jeff Van Duzer

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:34:55 GMT

Jeff Van Duzer (JD, Yale Law School) is provost of Seattle Pacific University after previously serving twelve years as dean of the School of Business and Economics and professor of Business Ethics and Business Law. He practiced as a partner with the international law firm Davis Wright Tremaine for more than twenty years, concentrating in commercial finance and natural resources while serving on the firm’s executive committee and as the partner in charge in their largest office. Van Duzer is a frequent speaker on the theology of business and is the author of Why Business Matters to God, along with a number of articles in academic and popular journals. He lives with his wife, Margie, and has two grown sons.

Fred H. Van Dyke

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:51:55 GMT

Fred H. Van Dyke received his PhD in environmental and forest biology from the State University of New York/Syracuse. A former wildlife research biologist with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Van Dyke is currently professor of biology and director of the Environmental Studies Program at Wheaton College. He is the author of a textbook on conservation biology, Conservation Biology: Foundations, Concepts, Applications.

David Van Dyke

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:48:14 GMT

David Van Dyke

Tara Van Dyke

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:52:16 GMT

Tara Van Dyke

Sam Van Eman

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 20:35:46 GMT

Sam Van Eman is a resource specialist for the CCO’s Experiential Designs team, where he co-creates transformational experiences for college students, professionals, and organizations. He is the author of On Earth as It Is in Advertising? Moving from Commercial Hype to Gospel Hope.

As a public speaker and facilitator, Sam has taught (and played) in barns and boardrooms, canyons, classrooms, and auditoriums. His years on campus resulted in numerous Christian Service awards for his student leaders and a Greek Life brotherhood award named in his honor.

He has contributed to PRISM Magazine, the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding, Christianity Today’s Faith in the Workplace, and was highlighted in the decade’s best at Catapult Magazine. He lives with his wife and daughters in central Pennsylvania.

Charles E. Van Engen

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 20:32:37 GMT

Charles E. Van Engen (PhD, Free University of Amsterdam) is the Arthur F. Glasser Professor Emeritus of Biblical Theology of Mission at Fuller Theological Seminary and has taught in the School of Intercultural Studies since 1988. Previously he was a missionary in Mexico, working primarily in theological education. Van Engen also taught missiology at Western Theological Seminary in Michigan and served as president of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America from 1998 to 1999. He is the founding president and CEO of Latin American Christian Ministries, Inc. Over the past thirty years Van Engen has been involved in extensive preaching, teaching, and speaking on mission in Mexico and numerous countries in Latin America, Asia, Africa, the United States, Western Europe, and Canada.

A prolific author, Van Engen has published many books, chapters in books and papers in both English and Spanish. His wide-ranging publications include God's Missionary People, Mission-on-the-Way: Issues in Mission, and You Are My Witnesses: Drawing from Your Spiritual Journey to Evangelize Your Neighbors. He is the coauthor of books such as Evaluating the Church Growth Movement, Communicating God’s Word in a Complex World, and Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God’s Mission in the Bible. He is also the coeditor of several books including Paradigm Shifts in Christian Witness, Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions, Footprints of God: A Narrative Theology of Mission, Missiological Education for the 21st Century, God So Loves the City, The Good News of the Kingdom, and Evangelical, Ecumenical and Anabaptist Missiologies in Conversation. Van Engen is involved in the American Society of Missiology, Association of Professors of Mission, the International Association of Mission Studies, the Evangelical Missiological Society, the Academy of Evangelism in Theological Education, and the Latin American Theological Fraternity.

Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:42:42 GMT

Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen is professor of psychology and philosophy at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. She taught at Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan) for many years, and she has been a senior editor of Christianity Today. Currently she is a contributing editor for Books & Culture. Van Leeuwen has written, cowritten, and contributed to several books, including The Psychology of Intergroup Relations (with L. Kidder, McGraw-Hill, 1975), The Person in Psychology (Eerdmans, 1985), After Eden (one of several contributors, Eerdmans, 1993), Religion, Feminism & the Family (co-editor, Westminster John Knox, 1996), The Family Handbook (co-editor, Westminster John Knox, 1998), and Women and the Future of the Family (with Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Mardi Keyes and Stanley Grenz, Baker, 2000).

Daniel W. Van Ness

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:46:37 GMT

Daniel W. Van Ness is currently executive director of the Centre for Justice and Reconciliation at Prison Fellowship International and is a recognized world expert on restorative justice. He has been a lawyer, lobbyist, professor, and community organizer. He is the author of several books including Crime and Its Victims.

Sandra Maria Van Opstal

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:36:55 GMT

Sandra Maria Van Opstal is a second-generation Latina and the executive director of Chasing Justice. She is an author, pastor, and activist reimagining the intersection of faith and justice. Her work centers on chasing justice under the mentorship of the global church, for the mobilizing of the next generation of leaders. Sandra has given leadership in global movements such as Lausanne, The Justice Conference, and Urbana Missions Conference. She has also had a strong domestic presence as an executive pastor at Grace and Peace Church and as an activist on the west-side of Chicago.

Sandra serves as a board member for CCDA. She holds a Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and is currently pursuing doctoral work in urban leadership and transformation. She is a contributor to the New York Times bestselling book A Rhythm of Prayer and she's also the author of The Next Worship.

Mark Van Steenwyk

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 20:00:32 GMT

Mark Van Steenwyk is cofounder of the Mennonite Worker, a Christian intentional community in Minneapolis. Mark is an editor at JesusRadicals.com and the producer and cohost of the Iconocast podcast. Mark has led retreats, facilitated workshops, presented at conferences, and taught several seminary courses. He is currently working on an alternative theological educational project, the Rootworks. With the support of the Central Plains Mennonite Conference, Mark has nurtured and networked with groups around North America that are exploring the radical implications of Jesus' life and teaching.

Kent A. Van Til

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 20:40:22 GMT

Kent A. Van Til (PhD, Marquette University) is lecturer in religion at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. He is the author of Less Than Two Dollars a Day and The Moral Disciple. He has previously taught on missions, ethics, and biblical studies at institutions such as Trinity Christian College, Kuyper College, Western Seminary, Marquette University, and ESEPA Seminary in Costa Rica.

Howard J. Van Till

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:42:28 GMT

Van Till is professor emeritus of physics and astronomy at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. After graduating from Calvin College in 1960, he earned his PhD in physics from Michigan State University in 1965. Van Till's research experience includes both solid-state physics and millimeter-wave astronomy. During the past two decades he has devoted a considerable portion of his writing and speaking efforts to topics regarding the relationship of science and religion. Having concluded that the usual creation-evolution debate is the product of serious misunderstandings, Van Till's goal is to encourage a nonadversarial and mutually informative engagement of Christian theology and the natural sciences. He is the author of numerous books, book chapters, and essays on this theme and has spoken at many universities, colleges, and churches. He is a member of the American Astronomical Society and the American Scientific Affililation. Since 1992 he has served the John Templeton Foundation as a member of its advisory board and has assisted the foundation in the administration of several programs in science and religion.

Wesley Vander Lugt

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:47:11 GMT

Wesley Vander Lugt (PhD, University of St Andrews) is adjunct professor of theology and acting director of the Leighton Ford Initiative for Theology, the Arts, and Gospel Witness at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte. His publications include Living Theodrama: Reimagining Theological Ethics and Beauty Is Oxygen: Finding a Faith That Breathes.

Leonard J. Vander Zee

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:15:44 GMT

Leonard J. Vander Zee (MDiv, Calvin Theological Seminary) is editor in chief for Faith Alive Christian Resources. Previously he served in pastorates in Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, and New York. He is the author of In Life and In Death: A Pastoral Guide for Funerals (CRC Publications, 1992) and More Than Words: Prayer as a Way of Life, a Leader's Guide (CRC Publications, 1995). His articles have appeared in The Banner, Reformed Worship, Perspectives, and Christianity Today.

Preben Vang

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:07:47 GMT

Preben Vang is J. C. and Mae Fuller Professor of Christian theology at the Pruett School of Christian Studies.

Kevin J. Vanhoozer

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:06:05 GMT

Kevin J. Vanhoozer (PhD, Cambridge University) is research professor of systematic theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is the author of several works, including Faith Speaking Understanding: Performing the Drama of Doctrine, First Theology: God, Scripture, and Hermeneutics, The Drama of Doctrine: A Canonical-Linguistic Approach to Christian Theology, and Remythologizing Theology: Divine Action, Passion and Authorship. He is the editor of the Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology and the Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible.

Sylvie Vanhoozer

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 14:35:04 GMT

Sylvie Vanhoozer is a writer, botanical artist, and everyday saint from Provence, France. She lives in Libertyville, Illinois, with her husband, Kevin. They have two grown daughters.

Paige P. Vanosky

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:09:31 GMT

Paige P. Vanosky is a small group leader and community volunteer in Rancho Santa Fe, California. The 30-Minute Bible grew out of her teaching ministry within a discussion group comprised of an ecumenical group of women—Catholic, Protestant, skeptic, strong believers, and Jewish Christians. Their varied backgrounds and thoughtful conversations inspired Paige to develop resources to help others gain a clearer understanding of the Bible on its own terms.