Matt Smethurst is managing editor of The Gospel Coalition and author of Deacons: How They Serve and Strengthen the Church (Crossway, 2021), Before You Open Your Bible: Nine Heart Postures for Approaching God’s Word (10ofThose, 2019), Before You Share Your Faith: Nine Ways to Be Evangelism Ready (10ofThose, forthcoming), and 1–2 Thessalonians: A 12-Week Study (Crossway, 2017). He and his wife, Maghan, have three children and live in Richmond, Virginia, where they are in the process of planting River City Baptist Church.