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Dr. Mark A. Throntveit is the Elva B. Lovell Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, MN. He is a graduate of St. Olaf College, Luther Seminary, and Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. He has also studied at Cambridge University. After ordination, he served as associate pastor at...

Tiziano Vecellio (1488/90-1576), known as Titian, was an Italian Renaissance painter, the most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting. (Source and photo: wikipedia.org)

Stuart Townend is one of today's leading worship songwriters. Hymns such as "In Christ alone", "How deep the Father's love" and "The power of the cross" are sung in churches around the world, while the skill and depth of his lyric writing has drawn some to compare his contribution to...

Howard Washington Thurman (1899–1981) was an American author, philosopher, theologian, educator, and civil rights leader. As a prominent religious figure, he played a leading role in many social justice movements and organizations of the twentieth century. Thurman's theology of radical nonviolence influenced and shaped a generation of civil rights activists,...

Rev. John W. Tonkin is a priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, OH. He has served on a number of Archdiocesan and other boards and committees, and is a member of his local ministerial league. He has pursued graduate studies in Sacred Scripture. (Source: veritasbooksonline.com; holyangelschurch-sidney-oh-14-1852.weconnectonline.com/staff)

Dr. Frank Thomas currently serves as the Director of the Compelling Preaching Initiative and the Nettie Sweeney and Hugh Th. Miller Professor of Homiletics at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, IN. He previously served with distinction as the senior pastor for two remarkable congregations: New Faith Baptist Church of Matteson, IL,...

Barbara Brown Taylor is the New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World, Learning to Walk in the Dark, and Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others. She has been an Avon lady, a cocktail waitress, a horseback riding instructor, and a hospital chaplain, but...

Rev. Dr. Beth LaNeel Tanner is the Norman and Mary Professor of Old Testament Interpretation and the Vice President and Academic Dean at New Brunswick Theological Seminary. She graduated from Purdue University, Eden Theological Seminary, and Princeton Theological Seminary. She was ordained by the New Brunswick Presbytery of the Presbyterian...

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice. He painted in the Rococo style, and is considered an important member of the eighteenth-century Venetian school, working not only in Italy, but also in Germany and Spain. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, together with Giambattista Pittoni, Canaletto, Giovan Battista Piazzetta, Giuseppe Maria Crespi, and Francesco Guardi are considered the...

Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582), also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Carmelite nun and prominent Spanish mystic and religious reformer. Active during the Counter-Reformation, Teresa became the central figure of a movement of spiritual and monastic renewal, reforming the Carmelite Orders of both women and men. The movement was later joined by the younger Carmelite friar and...