Les Christie (DMin, Trinity International University) is a national speaker and youth ministry veteran. He chairs the youth ministry department at William Jessup University, in Rocklin, California where he has taught the Gospel of John for the last 15 years, and is also an adjunct professor at Western Seminary. Les is the author of more than a dozen books, includingnbsp; Awaken Your Creativity and When Church Kids Go Bad .
David Nystrom (PhD, University of California at Davis) is Provost and Sr. Vice President at Biola University. He is a specialist in Roman social history and in the New Testament. Dave is the author of dozens of articles and two books, The NIV Application Commentary : James , and The History of Christianity .