About the Author

Gary Furr is pastor of the Vestavia Hills Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. He has served churches in Georgia, Texas, and North Carolina. Furr is a graduate of Carson-Newman College, Southeastern Theological Seminary, and Baylor University. He is a member of the Academy for Spiritual Formation.

Curtis Freeman is director of the Baptist House of Studies at the Duke University Divinity School. He has also served as an assistant professor of Christianity and Philosophy at Houston Baptist University and pastor of the West End Baptist Church in the inner city of Houston. Freeman is a graduate of Baylor University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.