About the Author

R. Wayne Stacy  is the author of three books and numerous articles both academic and popular. The former pastor of the historic First Baptist Church of Raleigh, North Carolina, Dr. Stacy also served through the years on various college and seminary faculties including The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Palm Beach Atlantic University, and most recently as Dean and Professor of New Testament and Preaching of the M. Christopher White School of Divinity at Gardner-Webb University. Dr. Stacy now lives in western North Carolina with Cheryl, his wife of 43 years, where he is a professor of New Testament and instructional mentor for Liberty University Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition to teaching and supervising faculty, Dr. Stacy writes, guides pilgrims and students to the Holy Land, Egypt, Greece, and Turkey, and serves congregations in transition as a certified intentional interim pastor.

Contributors: Michael G. Cogdill, J Bradley Creed, R. Alan Culpepper, M. Vernon Davis, G. Thomas Halbrooks, William Hendricks, T.Furman Hewitt, Bill J. Leonard, Molly T. Marshall, Gary L. Parker, and R. Wayne Stacy.