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Dr. Jeff Arthurs is a longtime scholar of preaching and communication. He currently serves as Chair of the Pastoral Ministries Department at Dallas Theological Seminary after serving as the Haddon W. Robinson Chair of Preaching and Communication and Director of the Robinson Center for Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He holds a...

Greg Asimakoupoulos is an ordained minister, freelance writer, and poet. Over the past four decades, he has served congregations in California, Illinois and Washington State. In 2013, Greg became the full-time chaplain at a faith-based retirement community in suburban Seattle. He is the author of fourteen books and more than...

Rev. Angela Askew (1943-2021) was originally from England, where she studied Latin, French and post-war economics in London. A priest, scholar and teacher, she worked in Italy as a translator and educator and at the Church of St. Paul's Within-the-Walls in Rome. She was ordained deacon in 1978 at St....

Audrey Nicole Assad is an American singer-songwriter. She has released six studio albums and four EPs. In 2010, her style of music was a mix of religious and non-religious themed songs that draw from her Catholic faith as well as from her love of literature and poetry. A majority of...

Gioacchino Assereto (1600-1649) was an Italian painter of the early Baroque period and one of the most prominent history painters active in Genoa in the first half of the 17th century. (Source: wikipedia.org

Saint Asterius of Amasea (c. 350-c. 410 AD) was Bishop of Amasea between 380 and 390 AD, after having been a lawyer. He was born in Cappadocia and probably died in Amasea in Pontus, now in Turkey. He is venerated in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, and his feast day is October 30. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Athanasius I of Alexandria (c. 296/298-373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the twentieth pope of Alexandria (as Athanasius I). Athanasius was a Church Father, the chief proponent of Trinitarianism against Arianism, and a noted Egyptian Christian leader of the fourth century. In 325, Athanasius began his leading role against the Arians as a...

Gordon Atkinson is a writer and internet professional. He was the pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in San Antonio from 1992 to 2010. During that time he was the writer behind the popular blog, Real Live Preacher.He has written for The Christian Century, the High Calling, and other publications. His...

Harriet Auber (1773-1862) was an English poet and hymnwriter. She is best remembered for her collection The Spirit of the Psalms, published in 1829, and for her hymn "Our blest Redeemer, ere he breathed," a treatise on the Holy Spirit and his work. (Source: wikipedia.org; photo: findagrave.com)

Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry is noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form, and content. Some of his best known poems are about love, such as "Funeral Blues;" on political and social themes, such as "September 1,...