Contributors

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  Randy Newman

  Senior Fellow for Apologetics and Evangelism, CSLI
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Randy Newman
Senior Fellow for Apologetics and Evangelism, CSLIRandy Newman (1956-2024) was the Senior Fellow for Apologetics and Evangelism at the C.S. Lewis Institute. He taught at several evangelical seminaries. After serving for over 30 years with Campus Crusade for Christ, he established Connection Points, a ministry to help Christians engage people’s hearts the way Jesus did. He has written seven books, Questioning Evangelism, Corner Conversations, Bringing the Gospel Home, Engaging with Jewish People, Unlikely Converts: Improbable Stories of Faith and What They Teach Us About Evangelism, Mere Evangelism. and his most recent, Questioning Faith: Indirect Journeys of Belief through Terrains of Doubt. Randy has also written numerous articles about evangelism and other ways our lives intertwine with God’s creation. He earned his MDiv and PhD in Intercultural Studies from Trinity International University. Randy went home to be with the Lord in May 2024.  
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  Dane Ortlund

  Pastor
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Dane Ortlund
Pastor
Dane Ortlund, Pastor, (Ph.D., Wheaton College) is the former Chief Publishing Officer at Crossway. He now serves as senior pastor of Naperville Presbyterian Church in Naperville, Illinois. He is an editor for the Knowing the Bible series and the Short Studies in Biblical Theology series, and is the author of several books, including Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers.
 
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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 Side B Stories podcast for the C.S. Lewis Institute. Jana received her PhD from the University of Birmingham, England.
 

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  Jimmy Lin

  Doctor
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Jimmy Lin
Doctor
Jimmy Lin, MD, PhD, MHS, MAR, Founder & President of Rare Genomics Institute. MD and PhD from Johns Hopkins, MHS from the School of Public Health, and Masters in Religion from Reformed Theological Seminary. His MAR thesis is entitled “A Systematic Theology of Medicine”. Dr. Lin is also the Director of Clinical Genomics at the Genetics Branch of the National Institute of Health/National Cancer Institute. Prior to this, he led the computational analysis of the first ever exome sequencing studies of cancer at Johns Hopkins and was a research instructor at Washington University in St. Louis. He has numerous publications in Science, Nature, Cell, Nature Genetics, and Nature Biotechnology.
 
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  Nigel Mumford

  Reverend
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Nigel Mumford
Reverend
Nigel Mumford, is an international speaker and author, who was born and educated in England. He is the founder of By His Wounds, Inc. focusing on Christian Healing and The Welcome Home Initiative (WHI) a program of healing for veterans. Nigel was ordained as a Priest in 2005, and serves as Priest Associate for Prayer, at Galilee Church in Virginia Beach, VA. Nigel has been honored to speak at many seminaries around the USA & UK. He serves on the National Advisory Board of Christian Healing Ministries in Jacksonville Florida. His latest book is titled Dying to Live: How Near Death Experiences Transform Our Faith And Ministry.