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JOHN PIPER John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For over 30 years, he served as senior pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and studied at Wheaton College, Fuller Theological Seminary (MDiv), and the University of Munich (DTheol). For […]


Lewis on the Christian Life

JOE RIGNEY Joe Rigney serves as Assistant Professor of Theology and Christian Worldview at Bethlehem College & Seminary, where he teaches Bible, theology, history, philosophy, history, and Jonathan Edwards. When he’s not teaching college and seminary students, he spends time enjoying his lovely wife, laughing with his two sons, reading medieval theology, playing flag football, […]


Edwards on the Christian Life

DANE ORTLUND Dane C. Ortlund (PhD, Wheaton College) serves as Executive Vice President for Bible Publishing and Bible Publisher at Crossway. He is an editor for the Knowing the Bible series and the Short Studies in Biblical Theology series, and is the author of several books, including Edwards on the Christian Life. He and his wife, Stacey, live with their five […]


Bonhoeffer on the Christian Life

STEPHEN NICHOLS Dr. Stephen J. Nichols is president of Reformation Bible College, chief academic officer of Ligonier Ministries, and a Ligonier teaching fellow. Dr. Nichols has master’s degrees in theology and in philosophy, and he received his Ph.D. from Westminster Theological Seminary. He has written many books, including volumes in the Guided Tour series on Jonathan Edwards, Martin […]


Lloyd-Jones on the Christian Life

JASON MEYER Jason Meyer is the Pastor for Preaching and Vision at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, MN. Jason also serves as Bethlehem College & Seminary’s Associate Professor of Preaching. Jason holds an MDiv and PhD from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of The End of the Law: Mosaic Covenant in Pauline Theology and A Biblical Theology of Preaching. Jason and his wife, Cara, have four […]


Spurgeon on the Christian Life

MICHAEL REEVES Michael Reeves is President and Professor of Theology at Union School of Theology in Oxford, England. He is the author of numerous books including Delighting in the Trinity, Rejoicing in Christ, The Unquenchable Flame: Discovering the Heart of the Reformation and Theologians You Should Know, and holds a doctorate in systematic theology from King’s College, London. He is married to Bethan, […]


Newton on the Christian Life

Tony Reinke is a non-profit journalist, Senior Writer at desiringGod.org, and author of 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You(2017).


Packer on the Christian Life

SAM STORMS Sam has spent 42 years in ministry and in 2008 became Lead Pastor for Preaching and Vision at Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where he currently serves. He has ministered in churches in Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma, & Missouri, and was Visiting Associate Professor of Theology at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, 2000-2004. […]