Archives: Authors

Mack Stiles

Mack Stiles and his wife, Leeann, have traveled and lived many places before landing in Erbil, Iraq, in July 2017, including 15 years in Dubai, UAE. Until recently he was the pastor of Erbil International Baptist Church. Mack is the author of five books.

Keith A. Mathison

Dr. Keith A. Mathison is professor of systematic theology at Reformation Bible College in Sanford, Fla. He is author of several books, including The Lord’s Supper.

Travis Hearne

Travis Hearne (M.Div., SBTS) is a PhD Student at SBTS and Pastor of Providence Baptist Church in Campbellsburg, Ky. He has been married to Jordan since December 2018 and they have two sons, Dawson and Lewis.

Sean W. Corser

Sean W. Corser is a graduate of SBTS and serves as pastor of First Baptist Church of Eastwood, Kentucky. He is also director of operations for Practical Shepherding.

Paul A. Sanchez

Paul A. Sanchez completed his PhD in church history and historical theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a pastor at Starnes Cove Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina, where he lives with his wife and two children. He is also a fellow at the Center for Pastor Theologians. You can follow him…

Ryan Robertson

Ryan Robertson serves as president of Reaching & Teaching. He is pursuing a D.Miss. degree at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Ryan and his wife, Erin, have three children and are members of Third Avenue Baptist Church.

Jon Hawkins

Jon Hawkins (MDiv, SBTS) serves as pastor of Arbor Drive Community Church in York, Nebraska. Jon and his wife, Carlee, have three daughters.

Gavin Ortlund

Gavin Ortlund (Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary) serves as senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ojai in Ojai, California. He is author of Finding the Right Hills to Die on: The Case for Theological Triage (Crossway/TGC, 2020) and Theological Retrieval for Evangelicals: Why We Need Our Past to Have a Future (Crossway, 2019). 

Sam Rainer

Sam Rainer (M.A., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) serves as lead pastor of West Bradenton Baptist Church in Bradenton, Florida. He is president of Church Answers, the co-founder and co-owner of Rainer Publishing, and the president of Revitalize Network.

Ben Purves

Ben Purves (M.A., Capital Bible Seminary) serves as pastor of community and member care at Occoquan Bible Church in Woodbridge, Virginia. He will be a D.Ed.Min. student at SBTS in the fall. Ben and his wife, Ricki, have three children.

John D. Meade

John D. Meade (M.Div., Ph.D., SBTS) is Associate Professor of Old Testament and Co-Director of the Text & Canon Institute at Phoenix Seminary. He is a coauthor of The Biblical Canon Lists from Early Christianity: Texts and Analysis (OUP, 2018) and has edited the materials for A Critical Edition of the Hexaplaric Fragments of Job 22-42 (Peeters, 2020). John is a member…

Thomas J. Nettles

Tom has most recently served as the Professor of Historical Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He previously taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School where he was Professor of Church History and Chair of the Department of Church History. Prior to that, he taught at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary.…

Jeremy Todd

Jeremy Todd (D.Ed.Min, Southern Seminary) is the teaching pastor at Harvest Pointe Community Church in Charles Town, West Virginia. He is married to Leslie, and they have one son.

Gary Habermas and Benjamin C. F. Shaw

Gary Habermas is distinguished research professor of apologetics and philosophy at Liberty University. He has written numerous books on apologetics and philosophy and has dedicated his life to examining the relevant historical, philosophical, and theological issues surrounding the death and resurrection of Jesus. Benjamin C. F. Shaw is research assistant to Dr. Habermas.

Chris Pascarella

Chris Pascarella (M.Div., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is one of the pastors at Lincroft Bible Church in Lincroft, NJ. He is married to Heather and they have a son, Roman. He enjoys drinking coffee, watching TV, and following the New York Giants. He blogs at Raising Lazarus.

Caleb Greggsen

Caleb Greggsen pastors an English-speaking church in Central Asia.

Patrick Schreiner

Patrick Schreiner (Ph.D., M.Div., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is an Assistant Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Western Seminary.

Jason Leverett