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  Rosaria Butterfield

  Speaker
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Rosaria Butterfield
Speaker
Rosaria Butterfield, is a speaker and author of several books including, Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor’s Journey Into the Christian Faith, Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity, Union with Christ and The Gospel Comes with a House Key: Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in Our Post-Christian World. Rosaria earned her PhD from Ohio State University and was a tenured professor of English at a large university before she came to believe the claims of Jesus Christ. Rosaria is zealous for hospitality, loves her family, cherishes dogs, and enjoys coffee.
 
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  Ken Smith

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Ken Smith
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Ken Smith, Pastor, in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America and was ordained in what was the Central-Pittsburgh Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1952. He served in the Navy during World War II and is a graduate of Geneva College. He and his late wife, Floy, spent time in pastoral ministry in Pittsburgh, Cyprus, Northern Ireland and Syracuse, NY. He has served on the boards of Wilkinsburg Christian School, Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary (RPTS), and Geneva College where he chaired the Board of Trustees for seven years. He has lectured at RPTS and been a faculty member of the Ottawa Theological Hall since its start. He is the author of several books including Learning to be a Family.
 
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  C.S. Lewis Institute

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C.S. Lewis Institute
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C.S. Lewis Institute, In the legacy of C. S. Lewis, we develop wholehearted disciples of Jesus Christ who will articulate, defend, share, and live their faith in personal and public life.
 
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  Richard Baxter

  Anglican Priest
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Richard Baxter
Anglican Priest
Richard Baxter, (1615 – 1691) served as an Anglican priest in England, during days of deep unrest, a civil war, and great political instability. His writings and sermons call Christians to holy living, even if it is costly. He coined the term “Mere Christianity” which C.S. Lewis adopted for his classic work.
 
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  William Cowper

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William Cowper
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William Cowper, Poet, (1731 – 1800) wrote poems and hymns in England. His earlier poems pointed to everyday life and country scenery. After many struggles with doubt and emotional upheaval, he wrote poetry about his faith in Christ. A friend of John Newton, Cowper’s lyrics have brought encouragement to many who look to the gospel for truth and strength.
 
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  St. Bernard of Clairvaux

  Monk
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Monk
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, (c.1090 – 1153) was canonized January 18, 1174.  A Cistercian monk and mystic, founder and abbot of the Abbey of Clairvaux,  he was one of the most influential churchmen of his time.  Mediator and counselor for several civil and ecclesiastical councils and for theological debates during seven years of papal disunity,  he nevertheless found time to produce an extensive number of sermons on the Song of Solomon. His greatest literary endeavour,  Sermons on the Canticle of Canticles,  revealed his teaching,  often described as “sweet as honey,”  as in his later title doctor mellifluus. 
 
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  Thomas A. Tarrants

  Author, President Emeritus, CSLI & CSLI City Director for Washington D.C.
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Thomas A. Tarrants
Author, President Emeritus, CSLI & CSLI City Director for Washington D.C.
Thomas A. Tarrants, Author, is President Emeritus of the C.S. Lewis Institute. After serving twelve years as president and nine years as vice President, he retired from his position as Vice President for Ministry and Director, Washington Area Fellows Program, with CSLI in June 2019. Tom holds a Masters of Divinity Degree, as well as a Doctor of Ministry Degree in Christian Spirituality. He is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Church Alliance and a member of the Evangelical Theological Society. Going forward, Tom will be spending his time writing, mentoring, consulting and traveling. His life story is told in  Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love,  published by Thomas Nelson Publishers.
 
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  Edmund Spenser

  Poet
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Edmund Spenser
Poet
Edmund Spenser (1552/1553 – 1599) was a poet and creator of the masterpiece, “The Faerie Queene.” He is considered by some to be one of the greatest poets in the English language and was a favorite of C. S. Lewis.
 
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  Hugh Latimer

  Bishop
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Hugh Latimer
Bishop
Hugh Latimer, Bishop, (1487 – 1555) was an English reformer and martyr. He was a graduate of Cambridge and then took holy orders and preached fervently in favor of the views of Martin Luther and the other Reformers. He served as Bishop of Worcester from1535–1539. Under the Roman Catholic Queen Mary, he was arrested along with other Reformers and thrown into the Tower of London when he refused to recant on his beliefs in Sola Scriptura, Sola Fide and the other doctrines of the Reformation, he was confined for a year in prison, and on October 16, 1555, burned at the stake, becoming one of the three Oxford Martyrs of Anglicanism..
 
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  Gregory Ganssle

  Professor
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Gregory Ganssle
Professor
Gregory Ganssle, is Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. He is the author of several books, including A Reasonable God: Engaging the New Face of Atheism and Thinking About God, and he is the editor of God and Time. Greg graduated from the University of Maryland in 1978. He earned a Masters of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Rhode Island (1990) and a PhD. in Philosophy (1995) from Syracuse University where his dissertation on God's relation to time won a Syracuse University Dissertation Award.
 
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  Kevin J. Vanhoozer

  Professor, Senior Fellow for Systematic Theology, CSLI
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Kevin J. Vanhoozer
Professor, Senior Fellow for Systematic Theology, CSLI
Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Professor, received his M.Div. from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University. He joined the faculty of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 1986. He was Senior Lecturer at New College, University of Edinburgh; and Blanchard Professor of Theology at Wheaton College.  Vanhoozer is the Senior Theological Mentor for the St. Augustine Fellowship of the Center for Pastor Theologians. Vanhoozer has written several notable books, including The Drama of Doctrine: A Canonical-Linguistic Approach to Christian Theology, which won the Christianity Today 2006 Book Award for best book in theology, and Faith Speaking Understanding: Performing the Drama of Doctrine, which won the Christianity Today 2015 Book Award for best book in theology.