Dane C. Ortlund(PhD, Wheaton College) serves as senior pastor of Naperville Presbyterian Church in Naperville, Illinois. He is the author ofGentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and SufferersandDeeper: Real Change for Real Sinners. Dane and his wife, Stacey, have five children.
J. I. Packer (19262020) served as the Board of Governors Professor of Theology at Regent College. He authored numerous books, including the classic bestseller Knowing God. Packer also served as general editor for the English Standard Version Bible and as theological editor for the ESV Study Bible.