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Jon Nielson (DMin Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) serves as the senior pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church of Wheaton in Wheaton Illinois. He is coeditor of the book Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry and author of the Theology Basics series. He and his wife Jeanne have four children.David Mathis serves as senior teacher and executive editor at desiringGod.org a pastor at Cities Church in Saint Paul Minnesota and an adjunct professor at Bethlehem College & Seminary in Minneapolis. He and his wife Megan have four children. He is the author of several books including Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus through the Spiritual Disciplines.Kevin DeYoung (PhD University of Leicester) is the senior pastor at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews North Carolina and associate professor of systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary Charlotte. He has written books for children adults and academics including Just Do Something; Impossible Christianity; and The Biggest Story Bible Storybook. Kevins work can be found on clearlyreformed.org. Kevin and his wife Trisha have nine children.Rebecca McLaughlin (PhD Cambridge University) is the author of Confronting Christianity named Christianity Todays 2020 Beautiful Orthodoxy Book of the Year. Her subsequent works include 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask (and Answer) about Christianity; The Secular Creed; and Jesus through the Eyes of Women.Rosaria Butterfield (PhD Ohio State University) is an author pastors wife homeschool mom and former professor of English and womens studies at Syracuse University. She is the author of The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert; Openness Unhindered; and The Gospel Comes with a House Key.David Murray (PhD Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) has pastored four churches in Scotland and the USA. He is also a counselor a regular speaker at conferences and the author of several books including Reset and Exploring the Bible. David has taught Old Testament counseling and pastoral theology at various seminaries.Douglas Sean ODonnell (PhD University of Aberdeen) is the senior vice president of Bible editorial at Crossway. Over the past twenty-five years he has helped train people around the world to read and teach the Bible clearly. He has pastored several churches served as a professor and authored or edited over twenty books including commentaries Bible studies childrens books and a childrens curriculum. He also wrote The Pastors Book with R. Kent Hughes and The Beauty and Power of Biblical Exposition with Leland Ryken.Brett McCracken is a senior editor for the Gospel Coalition and the author of Uncomfortable; Hipster Christianity; and Gray Matters. He lives with his family in Southern California where he serves as an elder at Southlands Church.Collin Hansen (MDiv Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is the vice president for content and editor in chief for the Gospel Coalition and the executive director of the Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. He hosts the Gospelbound podcast and wrote Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation. He is an adjunct professor and cochair of the advisory board at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham Alabama. You can follow him on X at @collinhansen.Jay Thomas (MDiv Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) serves as the lead pastor of Chapel Hill Bible Church in Chapel Hill North Carolina. He was previously the college pastor at College Church in Wheaton Illinois. Jay and his wife Rebecca have four children.Jeremy Treat (PhD Wheaton College) is a pastor for preaching and vision at Reality LA a church in Los Angeles California. He is also an adjunct professor of theology at Biola University and is the author of Seek First: How the Kingdom of God Changes Everything and The Crucified King: Atonement and Kingdom in Biblical and Systematic Theology. Rachel Gilson (MDiv Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) serves on the leadership team of theological development and culture with Cru. She is the author of Born Again This Way: Coming Out Coming to Faith and What Comes Next. She is pursuing a PhD in public theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and lives outside of Boston with her husband and daughter.