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  Matthew Bingham

  Professor and Author
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Matthew Bingham
Professor and Author
Matthew Bingham holds a PhD from Queen’s University Belfast and is the vice president of academic affairs and associate professor of church history at Phoenix Seminary in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is the author of Orthodox Radicals: Baptist Identity in the English Revolution and has served as a pastor in the United States and Northern Ireland. He is also the author of the newly released book A Heart Aflame for God, in which Dr. Bingham details his studies of God-ordained spiritual practices modeled by the 16th- and 17th-century Reformers. Primarily drawing from Puritan tradition, he shows readers how to balance belief in salvation through faith with a responsibility for one’s personal spiritual growth.
 
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  Kathleen Noller

  Questioning Belief Podcast Host, CSLI
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Kathleen Noller
Questioning Belief Podcast Host, CSLIKathleen Noller, Ph.D, is host of the Questioning Belief podcast. She is a leading Computational Biologist and specializes in cancer research. Kathleen completed her undergraduate studies in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, where her academic journey laid the foundation for her career as a scientist. She holds a PhD from Johns Hopkins University and is passionate about medical research. Kathleen is also a dedicated wife and mother to a one-year-old, balancing her professional achievements with the joys of family life.  
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  Megan Carroll

  Podcast Guest
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Megan Carroll
Podcast Guest
Megan Carroll For the first 30 years of her life, Megan lived without faith, denying God every chance she could, and chasing her own path. But everything changed when the person she thought would be in her life forever walked away. That’s when she encountered the love of Jesus. Now, about 18 months into her walk with Christ, Megan is on fire for the Lord. She is deeply studying the Bible, growing in truth, and learning to seek God in every area of her life. Pre-Jesus, Megan lived for herself. Today, she lives to glorify Him.
 
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  Jana Harmon

  Senior Fellow For Christian Apologetics, CSLI
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Jana Harmon
Senior Fellow For Christian Apologetics, CSLI
Jana Harmon, Ph.D, is the Senior Fellow For Christian Apologetics for the C.S. Lewis Institute and a Teaching Fellow for C.S. Lewis Institute Atlanta. She serves on the Atlanta Advisory Board and as an Adjunct Professor of Cultural Apologetics at Biola University. Her doctoral research studied the religious conversion of atheists to Christianity looking at the perspectives and stories of 50 former Atheists. She views apologetics through a practical, evangelistic lens. She is the host of the podcast eX-skeptic for the C.S. Lewis Institute. Jana received her PhD from the University of Birmingham, England.
 
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  Joel Woodruff

  President, C.S. Lewis Institute
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Joel Woodruff
President, C.S. Lewis Institute
Joel Woodruff, President, C.S. Lewis Institute, has worked in higher education, “tent-making,” nonprofit administration, and pastoral ministries in Alaska, Israel, Hungary, France, and Northern Virginia. He served as Dean of Students, Chaplain, and Professor of Bible & Theology at European Bible Institute, where he helped train Europeans both for professional ministry and to be Christian leaders in the marketplace. Prior to joining the Institute, he was on the leadership team of Oakwood Services International, a nonprofit educational and humanitarian organization. He is a graduate of Wheaton College, earned his M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and has a doctorate in Organizational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University. As a Parish-Pulpit Fellow, he studied Biblical Backgrounds & Archaeology in Israel for a year.
 
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  Aimee Riegert

  CSLI Fellow
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Aimee Riegert
CSLI Fellow
Aimee Riegert, CSLI Fellow, earned bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and foreign language studies from Southern Methodist University. In addition to supporting various national security efforts in Northern Virginia, she has worked as an itinerant high school math teacher and drama coach, and has served in women’s ministries, praise teams, on the adult support team for Young Life and as a “mentor mom” for MOPS International ministries, as well as English instructor in several ESL programs in Japan. She is a graduate of the C.S. Lewis Institute Year One Fellows Program.
 
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  Brian Carrier

  Pastor
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Brian Carrier
Pastor
Brian Carrier is the Pastor of Discipleship of The District Church, Washington DC. He has a PhD in Biblical Studies from The Catholic University of America, a Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Massachusetts. Brian supports the mission of discipleship by overseeing Life Groups and Rooted, discipleship classes and retreats, and discipleship language and strategy, along with praying for and sharing life with the church community. He is therefore passionate about The District Church's mission to make disciples who love, think, and act like Jesus. He lives in Silver Spring with his lovely wife and daughter.
 
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  Olivier Bonnassies

  Engineer, Entrepreneur, and Author
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Olivier Bonnassies
Engineer, Entrepreneur, and Author
Olivier Bonnassies is a French engineer, entrepreneur, and author with a background in both science and theology. Educated at the prestigious École Polytechnique in Paris, he spent years building successful companies before turning his attention to life’s deepest questions. Once an agnostic, convinced that belief in God was irrational, Olivier embarked on a personal investigation that led him to faith in Christ. He is co-author, with Michel-Yves Bolloré, of God, the Science, the Evidence: The Dawn of a Revolution, a bestselling book in Europe (over 400,000 copies sold) now launching in the U.S. Through his research and writing, Olivier argues that the convergence of science, philosophy, and history reveals a compelling case for God’s existence.
 
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  Sita Slavov

  Professor
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Sita Slavov
Professor
Sita Slavov holds a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University and is a professor of public policy at George Mason University. She has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and policy briefs on economics and public policy. She has also published op-eds in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and wrote an article for Christianity Today in 2023 titled “Unable to find ultimate truth in Zen Buddhism, I turned to Jesus.”
 
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  David B. Calhoun

  Professor
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David B. Calhoun
Professor
David B. Calhoun, (1937-2021) was Professor Emeritus of Church History at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.  A minister of the Presbyterian Church in America, he has taught at Covenant College, Columbia Bible College (now Columbia International University), and Jamaica Bible College (where he was also principal).  Calhoun has served with Ministries in Action in the West Indies and in Europe and as dean of the Iona Centres for Theological Study.  He was a board member (and for some years president) of Presbyterian Mission International, a mission board that assists nationals who are Covenant Seminary graduates to return to their homelands for ministry.
 
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  Heather Tomlinson

  Journalist
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Heather Tomlinson
Journalist
Heather Tomlinson is a British journalist and writer who spent much of her career working for national newspapers in the UK, including The Guardian. Trained in molecular biology, she began her career reporting on science and technology before moving into psychology and mental health. A one-time secular liberal, Heather’s pursuit of truth led her through science, politics, and spirituality until she found the love and reality of Jesus Christ. Today, she writes for Christian publications and serves in pastoral care, helping others discover faith and healing through God’s love.
 
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  N. Gray Sutanto

  Professor and Author
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N. Gray Sutanto
Professor and Author
N. Gray Sutanto holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh and is assistant professor of systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C. He is the author of God and Knowledge, co-author of Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introduction, co-editor for Herman Bavinck's Philosophy of Revelation, and author of A Sense of the Divine: An Affective Model of General Revelation from the Reformed Tradition. His research interests include Dutch Reformed theologian Herman Bavinck, humanity and sin, and Christianity and culture, among others.
 
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  Stephen Iacoboni

  Oncologist, Speaker & Author
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Stephen Iacoboni
Oncologist, Speaker & Author
Stephen Iacoboni, MD, is a veteran oncologist, author, and speaker whose medical career spans more than forty years. Trained during an era dominated by scientific materialism, he once embraced an atheistic worldview. But through decades of walking with cancer patients in their deepest suffering, he rediscovered the reality of the human soul and the hope of faith. He is the author of The Undying Soul: A Cancer Doctor’s Discovery and Telos: The Scientific Basis for a Life of Purpose, where he shares both his personal journey from atheism to faith and his case for meaning and design in life. Today, Dr. Iacoboni continues to write and speak on the intersection of science, medicine, and spirituality, encouraging both doctors and skeptics to see beyond a purely mechanistic view of life.