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Rev. Telmor Sartison is a retired bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC). He is a graduate of University of Alberta and Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon. He served as a pastor in Saskatchewan and in Calgary. In 1982, he became executive director of the Division of Canadian Mission...

Paul Sauer is the executive director of the American Lutheran Publicity Bureau (ALPB). (Source: alpb.org)

Rev. Scott Sauls is a pastor, author, speaker, and instructor with nearly 30 years of experience leading congregations and supporting leaders in faith and work. He has co-founded a faith and work institute, helped start new churches, and guided large, flagship congregations, while mentoring leaders through challenges with integrity and...

Dr. Stanley P. Saunders previously served as associate professor of New Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, and assistant professor of New Testament at Wartburg Theological Seminary. He is a graduate of San Jose Christian College, Emmanuel School of Religion, and Princeton Theological Seminary. His research interests include eschatology, creation, and the Gospel of Matthew. He is also...

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, also called Girolamo da Brescia (c.1480/1485-c.1548), was an Italian High Renaissance painter active mostly in Venice, although he also worked in other cities in northern Italy. He is noted for his subtle use of color and chiaroscuro, and for the sober realism of his works, which are mostly religious subjects, with a few...

Girolamo Savonarola was a Dominican friar from Ferrara who rose to prominence in late-15th-century Florence through fiery preaching against corruption, moral decay, and abuses of power. Seen by some as a prophetic voice, he helped drive out the Medici in 1494 and guided Florence into a strict religious republic marked...