Tim Keller
Keller was raised in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. He became a Christian when he attended Bucknell University. He is married and has three children. Keller is also the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, which he started in 1989.
William Lane Craig
William Lane Craig is a philosophical theologian and a Christian apologist. He is also Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California.
Soteriology
Soteriology is the study of religious doctrines of salvation. By far the most common Christian views are either Calvinism or Arminianism.
John Piper
John Piper is pastor for preaching and vision at Bethlehem Baptist Church in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. He grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and studied at Wheaton College, Fuller Theological Seminary (B.D.), and the University of Munich (D.theol.). For six years he taught Biblical Studies at Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in 1980 accepted the call to serve as pastor at Bethlehem. John and his wife, Noel, have four sons, one daughter, and twelve grandchildren.
Ecclesiology
Ecclesiology is the theological study of the Christian Church. In its theological sense, ecclesiology deals with the church’s origin, its relationship to Jesus, its role in salvation, its discipline, its destiny, and its leadership.
Mark Driscoll
Mark Driscoll is the founding pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington. Mark received a BA in speech communication from the Edward R. Murrow School of Communication at Washington State University, and he holds a masters degree in Exegetical Theology from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon. In 1996, at the age of 25, Pastor Mark and his wife, Grace, started a small Bible study at their home in Seattle.