Ligonier Ministries: The teaching fellowship of R.C. Sproul

Primary Contributors

• R.C. Sproul, General Editor

  Dr. R.C. Sproul, was born in 1939 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. He is chancellor of the Ligonier Academy of Biblical and Theological Studies and the founder and president of the ministry that began in 1971 as the Ligonier Valley Study Center in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. In an effort to respond more effectively to the growing demand for Dr. Sproul’s teachings and the ministry’s other educational resources, the general offices were moved to Orlando, Florida, in 1984, and the ministry was renamed “Ligonier Ministries.”

  Ligonier Ministries is an international multimedia ministry located near Orlando, Florida. Dr. Sproul’s teaching can be heard on the program Renewing Your Mind with Dr. R. C. Sproul which is broadcast on hundreds of radio outlets in the United States and in more than 40 countries worldwide. He is executive editor of Tabletalk magazine and general editor of The Reformation Study Bible, also known as The New Geneva Study Bible. Dr. Sproul currently serves as the director of Serve International and senior minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s in Sanford, FL. He is ordained as a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America.

  He is the author of more than seventy books and scores of articles for national evangelical publications. Dr. Sproul has produced more than 300 lecture series and has recorded more than 80 video series on subjects such as the history of philosophy, theology, Bible study, apologetics, and Christian living. He signed the 1978 Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, which affirms the traditional view of biblical inerrancy, and he wrote a commentary on that document titled Explaining Inerrancy.

  Dr. Sproul holds degrees from Westminster College, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and the Free University of Amsterdam, and he has had a distinguished academic teaching career at various colleges and seminaries, including Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida, and Jackson, Mississippi.

• Keith A. Mathison, Associate Editor

  Dr. Keith A. Mathison received his B.A. in Christianity and political science from Houston Baptist University and then studied at Dallas Theological Seminary for two years before completing his M.A. in theological studies at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. He has also earned a Ph.D. in Christian thought from Whitefield Theological Seminary.

  Dr. Mathison is director of curriculum development for Ligonier Ministries and an associate editor of Tabletalk magazine. He is author of Dispensationalism: Rightly Dividing the People of God, Postmillenialism: An Eschatology of Hope, Given for You: Reclaiming Calvin's Doctrine of the Lord's Supper, The Shape of Sola Scriptura, and From Age to Age as well as numerous articles and book reviews.

  Most recently, Dr. Mathison served as the assistant editor of The Reformation Study Bible English Standard Version. He adapted the notes from the New King James Version to the new translation where necessary and helped to oversee the editing process.

• Bruce Waltke, Old Testament Editor

  Dr. Bruce Waltke is a preeminent Old Testament scholar, holding doctorates from Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.D.) and Harvard University (Ph.D.). His teaching appointments at Dallas Theological Seminary, Regent College, and Westminster Theological Seminary won for him a reputation as a master teacher with a pastoral heart. He has written prolifically and his publications include, Intermediate Hebrew Grammar, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, Understanding the Will of God, and a commentary on Micah. He served as Old Testament editor for the New Geneva Study Bible and co-editor for the Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. Dr. Waltke recently completed a commentary on Proverbs and is writing a commentary on Genesis. He was also a member of the translation committee for the New International Version. He served a term as president of the Evangelical Theological Society.

• Moises Silva, New Testament Editor

  Dr. Moises Silva (Ph.D., University of Manchester) is a writer and editor who previously taught biblical studies at Westmont College, Westminster Theological Seminary, and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the revising editor of the Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible and the author of six books, including Biblical Words and Their Meaning, a commentary on Philippians, and Interpreting Galatians. He has also coauthored two books and written numerous articles for scholarly journals. Silva also served as editor of the Westminster Theological Journal for fifteen years.

• Dr. James Montgomery Boice, Associate Editor

  Dr. James Montgomery Boice, speaker on The Bible Study Hour radio broadcast since 1969, served as Senior Minister of Philadelphia's historic Tenth Presbyterian Church from 1968 until his death in 2000. Under Dr. Boice, Tenth Presbyterian Church became a model for evangelical ministry in America's cities. He also gave leadership to groups beyond his own church and organization, including the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy and Bible Study Fellowship. He also founded and chaired an annual lay theology conference, Philadelphia Conference on Reformation Theology, which has run continuously for 28 years and has brought in-depth study of major biblical doctrines to thousands of people.

  In 1994 Dr. Boice joined with other evangelical leaders in founding the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, which in 1996 sponsored a Summit meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts, of more than 100 evangelical leaders. Out of that meeting came "The Cambridge Declaration," a document calling Christians to repent of their cultural worldliness and to recover the great salvation doctrines of the Bible as the Reformers did in the sixteenth century. This organization now produces The Bible Study Hour, Modern Reformation and God's Word Today magazines, and sponsors many conferences and seminars.

  A prolific author, Dr. Boice wrote or contributed to over sixty books on a wide variety of biblical and theological themes. His 4-volume commentary on Romans was named one of the best books of the twentieth century. Other popular titles include Standing on the Rock, The Parables of Jesus, The Christ of Christmas, Christ's Call to Discipleship.

  Dr. Boice held degrees from Harvard University (A.B.), Princeton Theological Seminary (B.D.), the University of Basel, Switzerland (D. Theol.) and the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church (D.D., honorary).

• Dr. Edmund Clowney, Associate Editor

  Dr. Edmund Clowney, first president of Westminster Theological Seminary, led the administration that spearheaded the founding of Westminster Seminary California. He was a pastor in Connecticut, Illinois, and New Jersey before joining WTS in 1952. While teaching at Westminster Seminary California (1980-2000), he brought a lifetime of wisdom in proclaiming Christ from all the Scriptures. Among his publications are: Called to the Ministry, The Doctrine of the Church, Missions in Creative Tension (contributor), Prophecy in the Making (contributor), Scripture and Confession (contributor), Theological Perspectives on Church Growth (contributor), Biblical Interpretation and the Church (contributor), Living in Christ's Church; The Preacher and Preaching (contributor); The Message of I Peter: The Way of the Cross (1988); The Unfolding Mystery, The Church, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation (contributor), The Compromised Church, and most recently Preaching Christ in All of Scripture.

  Dr. Clowney has received degrees from Wheaton College, Westminster Theological Seminary, Yale Divinity School, and did graduate studies at Union Theological Seminary, New York. He and his wife Jean live in Virginia.

• Dr. Roger Nicole, Associate Editor

  Dr. Roger Nicole is visiting Professor of Theology at RTS/Orlando. A native Swiss Reformed theologian, he has long been regarded as one of the preeminent theologians in America. He received his Th.D. from Gordon Divinity School and his Ph.D. from Harvard. As a bibliophile and distinguished librarian, his personal collection includes Calvin's Commentaries on the Gospels and Acts published during Calvin's lifetime and many other rare volumes from the 1500s and 1600s. Dr. Nicole is an associate editor for the New Geneva Study Bible and a corresponding editor for Christianity Today. He assisted in preparation of the NIV Bible, is a past president of the Evangelical Theological Society, and was a founding member of the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy. He has written approximately 100 articles and contributed to 50 books and reference works.

• Dr. James I. Packer, Associate Editor

  Dr. James I. Packer is Board of Governors Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. Noted Bible scholar and author, he has authored the classic bestseller Knowing God, as well as a number of other titles. Most recently, he served as General Editor for the English Standard Version Bible, published by Crossway Bibles. Packer's writings include books such as A Quest for Godliness (Crossway), Growing in Christ (Crossway), and Rediscovering Holiness (Servant) and numerous articles published in journals such as Churchman, SouthWestern Journal, and Christianity Today.

• Dr. William B. Evans, Assistant Editor

  Dr. William B. Evans is currently Younts Professor of Bible and Religion at Erskine College in Due West, South Carolina. He received his M.A.R. and Th.M. from Westminster Theological Seminary and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University.

• Dr. John Mason, Assistant Editor

  Dr. John Mason is currently a member of the Nashville Presbytery in the Presbyterian Church in America.

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