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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.

Bruce L. Shelley

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:42:53 GMT

Bruce L. Shelley (PhD, University of Iowa) is senior professor of church history at Denver Seminary.

Stephen M. Judah

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:20:57 GMT

Stephen M. Judah (1950-2008) was a psychologist in private practice, a workshop presenter, and an advanced clinician in Imago marriage therapy. He also served as executive director of the Columbus Marriage Coalition (Columbus, Ohio). He wrote Staying Together When an Affair Pulls You Apart.

Robert W. Wall

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:44:31 GMT

Robert W. Wall (ThD, Dallas Theological Seminary) is professor of biblical studies at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington. He is also the author of Revelation in the New International Biblical Commentary series.

Frank Thielman

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:44:44 GMT

Frank Thielman is associate professor of divinity at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama. He is the author of From Plight to Solution: A Jewish Framework for Understanding Paul's View of the Law in Galatians and Romans.

Chris Lewis

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:46:32 GMT

Chris Lewis is cofounder of the Epiphaneia Network, a movement in Canada to equip and inspire Jesus followers in kingdom ministry. They have organized a variety of influential gatherings of thought leaders and ministry activists, including the Evolving Church Conference and the Eighth Letter Conference.

Richard F. Carlson

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:54:22 GMT

Richard F. Carlson is research professor of physics at the University of Redlands in Redlands, California, and formerly a visiting scientist in the department of radiation sciences at Uppsala University, Sweden. He received a BS (University of Redlands), MS and PhD (University of Minnesota) in physics, and an MA (Fuller Theological Seminary) in biblical studies and theology.

His physics research interests are in experimental nuclear physics, and he has done postdoctoral research at UCLA. While teaching at the University of Redlands he has continued his nuclear research at UCLA, the University of Manitoba, University of California Davis, and currently at Uppsala University. Carlson has published more than fifty articles in physics research journals.

Recently his interests have shifted to the area of science and Christian faith, and between 1995 and 2005 he taught a number of science and theology courses at the University of Redlands and Fuller Theological Seminary. His courses at Redlands and Fuller have resulted in two Templeton Foundation prizes. He is the general editor of Science & Christianity: Four Views (InterVarsity Press, 2000), as well as the author of a number of articles appearing in nuclear physics research journals and theological journals.

Nigel James

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:54:56 GMT

Nigel James has traveled extensively as Third Day's road pastor since 2000. He is the founding director of a youth discipleship ministry called Ignite based in the UK and is on the associate staff of City Temple Elim Pentecostal Church in Cardiff, Wales. Nigel, his wife, Gill, and the Ignite organization support Christian work in south India developing a school and funding church buildings.

Vince Woltjer

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 20:04:08 GMT

A graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, Vince Woltjer works as a corporate attorney in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Jeffrey Jay Morton

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:56:39 GMT

Having lived with and ministered to Muslims since 1984, Jeff Morton is experienced in apologetics and sharing the gospel with Muslims. He first lived among Muslims in West Africa, and now lives in Southern California near one of the largest mosques and Muslim communities on the West Coast. He is a member of SIM, but is seconded to i2 Ministries. He has trained missionaries and university students in the U.S., Brazil, Thailand, and Pakistan. He is married to Debbie, mother of his four adult children.

Darren C. Marks

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:29:36 GMT

Darren C. Marks (DPhil, University of Oxford) is assistant professor of Theology and Jewish Studies at Huron University College at the University of Western Ontario. He holds degrees in science and theology from the University of Toronto and advanced degrees in theology from the University of Oxford. He has also studied at the Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat (Bonn). He is the author of over a dozen articles in systematic theology and the author/editor of several texts in theology including Blackwell Companion to Protestantism, Shaping a Theological Mind, and Shaping a Global Theological Mind. His primary research area is contemporary systematic theology, although his doctoral work dealt with nineteenth-century German Protestant theology. Dr. Marks is currently the North American Review Editor for the Journal of Anglican Studies and is director for the Centre for Public Theology in Canada. He has been invited as a Luce Hall conversationalist to the Centre of Theological Inquiry (Princeton) and is now a fellow of the Centre for Advanced Holocaust Studies in Washington D.C. His research interests include global theology, public theology, Jewish-Christian relationships, and science and theology.

Bill Taylor

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:35:09 GMT

Bill Taylor (PhD, University of Texas) is global ambassador and senior mentor with the World Evangelical Alliance's Mission Commission. He previously served as its executive director for twenty years. He lived in Latin America for thirty years and taught for sixteen years at Seminario Teológico Centro Americano in Guatamala City. He has also taught on the faculty of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and continues to serve as a visiting professor at institutions around the world.

Roger Cross

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:16:15 GMT

Roger Cross is president emeritus of Youth for Christ/USA. His experience with Youth for Christ includes two years in Kansas City YFC, fifteen years as executive director of Ventura County YFC, nine years as executive director of Denver Area YFC, and nearly fourteen years as president/CEO. He served two terms as field trustee on the YFC National Board, and he received the President's Award for Outstanding YFC Executive Director in America. As an advocate for youth, he is often interviewed in print publications and on radio and television broadcasts. He has done graduate work at Fuller Theological Seminary, and he is an ordained minister through the Missionary Church of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He also currently serves on the board of John Brown University. In addition to writing, speaking, and adjunct college teaching, Roger is heading up an effort to expand the outreach of Children's Music Academy (CMA) which he owns and operates with his wife. Currently, CMA is in over 20 locations in the United States. In 2006, Roger and his wife were selected Alumni of the Year by John Brown University.

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Christopher A. Hall

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:57:13 GMT

Christopher A. Hall (PhD, Drew University) is the president of Renovaré. He is associate editor of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, and his books include Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers, Learning Theology with the Church Fathers, and Worshiping with the Church Fathers.

Hall previously served at Eastern University for over twenty years in several roles, including chancellor, provost, dean of Palmer Seminary, dean of the Templeton Honors College, distinguished professor of theology, and director of academic spiritual formation. He and his wife, Debbie, live in Pennsylvania and have three grown children.

Carl Peraino

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 16:44:01 GMT

Carl Peraino (PhD, University of Wisconsin) is a retired senior biochemist at Argonne National Laboratory. He is author or coauthor of approximately one hundred research articles, including "Reduction and Enhancement by Phenobarbital of Hepatocarcinogenesis Induced in the Rat by 2-Acetylaminofluorene," coauthored with R. J. Michael Fry and Everett Staffeldt, Cancer Research 31:1506-1512, October 1971. This paper signaled a significant shift forward in cancer research.

Jan Johnson

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:05:11 GMT

Jan Johnson is the author of over twenty books and more than a thousand magazine articles and Bible studies. A speaker, teacher, and spiritual director, she writes primarily about spiritual formation, social justice, and living with purposeful intentionality. Her books include Meeting God in Scripture, Abundant Simplicity, Hearing God Through the Year (editor), Enjoying the Presence of God, and Spiritual Disciplines Companion.

Jan holds a DMin in Ignatian spirituality and spiritual direction from the Graduate Theological Foundation and lives with her husband in Simi Valley, California.

Sylvia Rose

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:11:23 GMT

A former teacher and school administrator, Sylvia Rose now has an active speaking, writing, and songwriting ministry. She has led workshops at churches and conferences in 20 states across the USA. She has published articles, poetry, and dramatic readings in a variety of publications, and her book A Guide to Effective Choral Singing was published in 1987. In addition, Rose has composed more than 200 songs--many licensed and included in music books around the world, including her own hymnal, Songs of Faith. Rose's music publishing companies, Srose Publishing Co, Inc, (BMI), and Great Heritage Publishing (ASCAP), have produced and distributed many recordings.

Mary Weeks Millard

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:56:23 GMT

Mary Weeks Millard was a nurse and midwife when she met her first husband in Uganda. Together they served in the Congo as missionaries and returned to their home country of England later in life. After being widowed, Mary became a volunteer short-term missionary in Uganda and Rwanda. She writes poetry, magazine articles, and children's stories. She is married to Malcolm and has three children and five grandchildren.

Lisa Graham McMinn

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:18:34 GMT

Lisa Graham McMinn (PhD, Portland State University) is professor of sociology in the department of sociology and social work at George Fox University in Oregon. Her other books include Growing Strong Daughters (Baker), Sexuality and Holy Longing (Jossey-Bass), and The Contented Soul (InterVarsity Press). Her articles have appeared in Journal of Psychology and Christianity, Sociology of Religion, Journal of Psychology and Theology, Research on Christian Higher Education, and Christianity Today.

Deborah Meyer Abbs

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 21:58:17 GMT

Deborah Meyer Abbs works as a freelance blogger and as a disability ministry coordinator for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in Illinois and Indiana. She is a coauthor of Life on the Spectrum: Faith. Hope. Love. Autism.