Authors

Karrie Hahn is an editor, writer, and counselor who currently serves as associate editor for Ligonier Ministries and Tabletalk magazine. She holds a master’s degree and a certification in biblical counseling.

Ingrid Sawubona is an illustrator and graphic designer. Originally from South Africa, she exhibited her fine-arts work in California before embarking on a career as a wannabe writer and professional artist. Ingrid currently resides in the USA, where she and her family enjoy traveling, cooking, serving the Lord, and making art together.

James E. Adams (DMin, Westminster Seminary California) has been the pastor of Cornerstone Church in Mesa, Arizona, for more than thirty-five years and has taught theology for Reformed Baptist Seminary and in Latin America.

Jay E. Adams (1929–2020), a pioneer in biblical counseling, served as a pastor, church planter, denominational executive, seminary professor, author, and lecturer. He taught homiletics at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and was the director of advanced studies at Westminster Seminary in California. He was the founder of the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF), the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (formerly NANC), and the Institute for Nouthetic Studies (INS). Adams was the author of over one hundred books, including the best-selling Competent to Counsel, a book that launched the modern biblical counseling movement. He was a recipient of The Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian honor awarded by the State of South Carolina.