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  Matthew Mullins

  Professor
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Matthew Mullins
Professor
Matthew Mullins is Associate Professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University. He joined the Department of Language and Literature at OBU in 2024, having taught at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary from 2012 to 2024. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He teaches courses in American literature, English Composition, and the Western Civilization sequence. His research focuses on contemporary literature, and his academic articles have appeared in journals such as African American Review, Arizona Quarterly, and Christianity and Literature. Mullins’s book, Enjoying the Bible: Literary Approaches to Loving the Scriptures, was published in 2021 by Baker Academic and won an Award of Merit in Christianity Today’s 2022 Book Awards.
 
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  Jo Vitale

  Speaker
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Jo Vitale
Speaker
Jo Vitale is the co-executive director of Kardia, a ministry whose focus is to help people be reconciled to God, with others, and within themselves. Jo has three degrees from the University of Oxford: a bachelor’s degree in theology, a master’s degree in biblical interpretation, and a DPhil (PhD) in Old Testament studies. For her doctoral dissertation she centered her research on the Old Testament’s depiction of women (specifically, female beauty and blame culture). Jo has spoken internationally in a variety of contexts, including at churches, businesses, schools, radio shows, and on the campuses of multiple universities in the US and internationally. Jo and her husband Vince enjoy teaming up for their Ask Away podcast and giving talks together.
 
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  Thiago M. Silva

  City Director, CSLI Lake Charles
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Thiago M. Silva
City Director, CSLI Lake Charles
Thiago M. Silva, D.Min., is the City Director for the C. S. Lewis Institute Lake Charles. He has been the pastor of Bethel Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Lake Charles, Louisiana, since August 2022. He earned his Th.M. in Systematic Theology from Calvin Theological Seminary (2016) and completed his doctoral studies at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (2024). He’s authored several articles and books including Discipleship in a Post-Christian Age: With a Little Help from C. S. Lewis (Wipf & Stock, 2025). Thiago’s God-given vocation is to equip people to live as Christians in every sphere of life through teaching and preaching.
 
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  Vince Vitale

  Speaker and Author
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Vince Vitale
Speaker and AuthorVince Vitale was educated at Princeton University and the University of Oxford. He taught philosophy and theology as a faculty member briefly at Princeton and then for several years at Oxford. During his undergraduate studies at Princeton that Vince was challenged to read the Bible by two soccer teammates and took an unexpected journey from skeptic to evangelist. He then completed master’s and PhD studies at Oxford, during which he developed a new response to the problem of evil— “Non-Identity Theodicy.” Alongside his wife Dr. Jo Vitale, Vince now serves as Co-Executive Director of Kardia and hosts the Ask Away podcast. He is also Faculty Scholar at CEO Forum and a host of the Unbelievable? podcast.
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  C.S. Lewis Institute

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C.S. Lewis Institute
Author
C.S. Lewis Institute, in the legacy of C.S. Lewis, works to develop wholehearted disciples of Jesus Christ who will articulate, defend, share, and live their faith in personal and public life. Founded in 1976 by Dr. James Houston and James R. Hiskey, the Institute provides leading teachers who address important issues of the day from the perspective of Biblical orthodoxy, while also providing discipleship for individuals in small groups.
 
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  Russ Ramsey

  Pastor
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Russ Ramsey
Pastor
Russ Ramsey is an author and pastor with a passion for uniting art and faith. He has been in vocational ministry for more than twenty years and currently serves as the lead pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church’s Cool Springs location. He holds an MDiv and ThM from Covenant Theological Seminary, and is the author of six books, including Rembrandt is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith (Zondervan 2022), and Behold the King of Glory, recipient of the 2016 Christian Book Award for New Author. Russ is also a member of The Rabbit Room.
 
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  Chris Armstrong

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Chris Armstrong
Professor
Chris Armstrong is an educator, author, editor, academic entrepreneur, and church historian (Duke PhD, Gordon-Conwell MA). He taught from 2004 to 2013 at Bethel Seminary where he founded and directed an initiative on faith, work, and economics called Work with Purpose. From 2014 to 2018 he served as faculty member and founding director of Opus: The Art of Work at Wheaton College. From 2019 to 2023, he served the Kern Family Foundation as Program Fellow. Since 2012, Chris has also served as Senior Editor of Christian History magazine. His most recent book, Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians: Finding Authentic Faith in a Forgotten Age with C.S. Lewis, retrieves medieval themes of faith and life as a resource for today’s Christians.
 
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  Peter Kreeft

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Peter Kreeft
Professor
Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., is a professor of philosophy at Boston College. He received his MA at Fordham University and completed his post-graduate studies at Yale University. He has written over 100 books on philosophy, theology, and apologetics. His many bestsellers include Making Sense of Suffering, Because God Is Real, Angels and Demons, Heaven: The Heart’s Deepest Longing, Summa of the Summa, Christianity for Modern Pagans, and How to Destroy Western Civilization, and his most recent publication, The Mystery of Joy.