James E. Plueddemann (Ph.D., Michigan State) is Professor of Missions and Chair, Department of Missions and Evangelism at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the author of God's Heart for the World: Missionary Themes from Genesis to Revelation, James: Growing in Maturity, Spiritual Hunger: Filling Your Deepest Longings, and Meekness: Claiming Your Inheritance (all with Carol Plueddemann).