Jonathan Parnell - Good: The Joy of Christian Manhood and Womanhood

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Owen Strachan is married to Bethany and the father of three children. He is the President of the Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Assistant Professor of Christian Theology and Church History at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary & Boyce College, and Director of the Carl F. H. Henry Institute for Evangelical Engagement at SBTS. He is the author of Risky Gospel: Abandon Fear and Build Something Awesome (2013).

Jonathan Parnell is a writer and content strategist at desiringGod.org. He and his wife, Melissa, live in the Twin Cities with their four children. He grew up in a rural community just outside of Raleigh, North Carolina and studied at The College at Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina and Bethlehem Seminary in Minneapolis. He is the coauthor with David Mathis of How to Stay Christian in Seminary (2014).

Joe Rigney is Assistant Professor of Theology and Christian Worldview at Bethlehem College and Seminary, and the author of Live Like a Narnian: Christian Discipleship in Lewis's Chronicles (2013). He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two sons.

David Mathis is Executive Editor at desiringGod.org, elder at Bethlehem Baptist Church (Minneapolis, Minnesota), and adjunct professor at Bethlehem College and Seminary (Minneapolis). He writes regularly at desiringGod.org and is coauthor with Jonathan Parnell of How to Stay Christian in Seminary (2014), and coeditor with John Piper of Acting the Miracle (2013); Finish the Mission (2012); Thinking. Loving. Doing (2011); and With Calvin in the Theater of God (2010). David and his wife, Megan, have three children.

Trillia Newbell is the author of United: Captured by God's Vision of Diversity (2014). Her writings on issues of faith, family, and diversity are regularly featured online. She currently is the Consultant on Women's Initiatives for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission for the Southern Baptist Convention and Lead Editor of Karis for the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. She is married to her best friend and love, Thern. They reside with their two children near Nashville, Tennessee.

Gloria Furman is a wife, mother of four, and cross-cultural worker. Her family has lived in the United Arab Emirates since 2008, where her husband, Dave, pastors Redeemer Church of Dubai. Gloria is the author of Glimpses of Grace: Treasuring the Gospel in Your Home (2013) and Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full: Gospel Meditations for Busy Moms (2014). She blogs at gloriafurman.com.

Christina Fox received her undergraduate degree in Sociology from Covenant College and her Master's in Counseling Psychology from Palm Beach Atlantic University. She is licensed as a counselor and is a regular contributor to various websites and publications including Desiring God, The Gospel Coalition, and the CBMW. She and her husband have been married seventeen years and reside in sunny South Florida with their two boys. She is a home-schooling mom, loves black coffee, and in her spare time, devours books by the boxful.

Tony Reinke is a staff writer for desiringGod.org, host of the Ask Pastor John podcast, and author of Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading Books (2011) and John Newton on the Christian Life: To Live Is Christ (2015). He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and three children.

Andy Naselliis Assistant Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Bethlehem College and Seminary, Research Manager for D.A. Carson, and Administrator of Themelios. He also writes regularly at andynaselli.com. Andy and his wife, Jenni, have been married since 2004 and have three daughters.

Denny Burk is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Ethics at Boyce College, the undergraduate arm of the The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also serves as Associate Pastor at Kenwood Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the author of What Is the Meaning of Sex? (2014), and a contributor to several books and journals.

Marshall Segal is Executive Assistant to John Piper for desiringGod.org, and writes regularly for their site. He received a Bachelor's degree from Wake Forest University and a Master's of Divinity degree from Bethlehem Seminary. Still not-yet-married, he lives in Minneapolis, and serves and worships at Bethlehem Baptist Church.

Grant Castleberry is the Executive Director of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. He is an officer in the Marine Corps, having served as an Air Traffic Control officer and as a Series Commander at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. He graduated from Texas A&M University and is now a M.Div student at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and GraceAnna have two young daughters and are members of Kenwood Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky.

GraceAnna Castleberry is a wife, mother, and worker at home. She lives in Louisville, Kentucky with her husband Grant. She formerly worked for Cru at Duke University leading women's Bible studies. GraceAnna holds a BA in Early Childhood Education from Clemson University. She and her mother host a weekly radio program, Mothering from the Heart, on WAGP.net. GraceAnna is a contributor to The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and blogs regularly at graceannacastleberry.com.

Courtney Reissig is a pastor's wife, mother, and writer. She was born in California, grew up in Texas, and did a couple of stints in Michigan before finally graduating from Northwestern College (MN) with a degree in English. After doing some graduate study at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, she met her husband, fell in love, and now lives in Little Rock, Arkansas with their twin boys. They moved to Arkansas to help plant Mid-town Baptist Church, where her husband serves as one of the pastors. She is currently writing a book on feminism with Crossway Books.

Brandon D. Smith is Executive Director of Gospel-Centered Discipleship and serves as an editor for the Criswell Theological Review and The Council on Biblical Manhood &: Womanhood. He is proud to be Christa's husband and Harper Grace's daddy.

I asked to write this foreword. I had hoped to endorse this book and help spread the word through Twitter. But then I took a PDF on the plane to Brazil and could not put it down. So I told Marshall Segal, one of the authors, who told the editors: If you'll take me, I'd like to write the foreword.

The reason for my eagerness is partly nostalgia, partly thankfulness, partly amazement, partly admiration, and partly hope.

The editors and most of the authors of this book were not yet teenagers when Wayne Grudem and I were editing "the big blue book" called