Justin is a professor of theology and dean of chapel at Dordt University (Sioux Center, IA). He is an expert in cultural theology and the author of various books, including Interpreting Your World: Five Lenses for Engaging Theology and Culture.

Michael J. Gorman is the Raymond E. Brown Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary and University (Baltimore, MD). He is the author of numerous books that have been important for my own work.

Check these out:

• Elements of Biblical Exegesis: A Basic Guide for Students and Ministers

• Cruciformity: Paul’s Narrative Spirituality of the Cross

• Inhabiting the Cruciform God: Kenosis, Justification, and Theosis in Paul’s Narrative Soteriology

• Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, and Mission

• 1 Corinthians: A Theological, Pastoral, and Missional Commentary

Derek Taylor is the director of the Emmaus Scholars Program and an instructor in theology at Whitworth University. He is the author of Reading Scripture as the Church: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Hermeneutic of Discipleship.

Pat Bills is the lead minister at Highland Oaks Church of Christ in Dallas, TX. He is also my brother-in-law and a thoughtful leader of missional change in our shared tradition.

Drew Hart is an associate professor of theology & Program Director for Thriving Together: Congregations for Racial Justice at Messiah University. He is a frequent interlocutor at the Forum on Mission at the annual Society of Biblical Literature meeting.

Tim was the youth minister at my home church for twenty-two years. He is my spiritual father and a lifelong friend. He now serves as the preaching minister at the Rugby Avenue Church of Christ in Charlottesville, VA.

Jeremy Daggett is a cross-cultural missionary in Arequipa, Peru, a friend and former teammate, and director of Harding University’s international program in Latin America.

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Ana is my oldest daughter. She’s a high school senior, a vocalist and stage performer, a self-taught artist, class president, and so much more. It has been a delight to raise her, and I’m so grateful that she likes to have conversations like this one. We talk about dating, sex, pornography, marriage, language, and the way women dress.

Michael Barram is a professor of theology & religious studies at St. Mary’s College of California and the chair of the Forum on Missional Hermeneutics. His most recent book, co-authored with John Franke, is Liberating Scripture: An Invitation to Missional Hermeneutics, the first in a new series titled Studies in Missional Hermeneutics, Theology, and Praxis. Michael’s work as a New Testament scholar has also focused on biblical economics and reparations.