Authors

Bryan Chapell (MDiv, Covenant Theological Seminary; PhD, Southern Illinois University) is senior pastor emeritus of Grace Presbyterian Church, president emeritus of Covenant Theological Seminary, general editor of The ESV Gospel Transformation Bible, and the author of several books.

Christine is a certified biblical counselor, the host of the Hope + Help Podcast for the Institute for Biblical Counseling & Discipleship, and a council member for the Biblical Counseling Coalition. She is the author of Midnight Mercies as well as several mini-books and is a regular speaker at women’s events and conferences. Christine lives with her husband and three children in South Carolina, where she is a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Easley.

Stephen Charnock (1628–80) was an English Puritan thinker known for his practical preaching and ability to explain deep doctrinal concepts clearly and persuasively; he also had an interest in physics. He served as a pastor in Dublin, Ireland, for several years before political and religious upheaval resulted in his ejection from pulpit ministry in 1660, along with more than two thousand other nonconformists. Although forbidden to preach publicly, he continued to study and write for fifteen years. When government restrictions eased, he co-pastored a church in London with Thomas Watson from 1675 until his death. He left behind “considerable treatises on some of the most important points of religion” that were collected soon afterward and published posthumously.

Tim Chester is a church leader from Sheffield, England, the author of You Can Change, and the associate director of Porterbrook Seminary.

Scott Christensen (MDiv, The Master's Seminary) is the author of What about Free Will? He worked for nine years at the award-winning CCY Architects in Aspen, Colorado: several of his home designs were featured in Architectural Digest magazine. Called out of this work to the ministry, he graduated with honors from seminary and now serves as the associate pastor of Kerrville Bible Church in Kerrville, Texas.

Vance E. Christie (MDiv, Grace Theological Seminary) is ordained in the Evangelical Free Church in America and is a member of EFCA Ministerial Association.