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Derrick G. Jeter holds a master of theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary and served as a writer for the Creative Ministries Department of Insight for Living Ministries. He has authored or coauthored more than twenty-five books. Derrick's writing has appeared on influential Web sites, and he is a contributing...

Skye Jethani is an author, speaker, and co-host of the Holy Post Podcast, who has written more than a dozen books and served as an editor and executive at Christianity Today for more than a decade. His work has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, and The...

Kari Jobe has served for nearly two decades as a worship leader. (Source: karijobe.com; photo: mcalesternews.com)

Dr. Sarah Jobe is a scholar and minister working at the intersection of prisons, practical theology, and biblical studies, serving as an Associate in Research at Duke Divinity School. Her work draws on theology, Black feminist theory, trauma studies, and ethnography to examine how theological ideas emerge within incarcerated life...

Dr. Karen Jobes is Professor Emerita of New Testament Greek and Greek Exegesis, known for her scholarship on the Septuagint and its relation to New Testament interpretation. Before joining the faculty in 2005 and teaching until her retirement in 2015, she completed a Ph.D. in Biblical Hermeneutics and an M.A.R. in...

St. John of Damascus or John Damascene (c.675-749), born Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, was an Arab Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist. He is one of the Fathers of the Eastern Orthodox Church and is best known for his strong defense of icons. (Source and image: wikipedia.org)

John of Kronstadt, born John Iliytch Sergieff (1829-1909) was a Russian Orthodox archpriest and a member of the Most Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was known for his mass confessions, numerous miracles, and charitable work, as well as his monarchistic and anti-communist views. He is a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and is known with the epithet "Righteous." (Source: wikipedia.org)

St. John of the Cross OCD (1542-1591) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest, Christian mystic, and Carmelite friar of Converso ancestry. He is a major figure of the Counter-Reformation in Spain, and is known for his writings. He was mentored by and corresponded with the older Carmelite nun Teresa of Ávila. Both his poetry and his studies on the development of the soul, particularly...