Acknowledgments

Teaching Plan
Pam Eason writes and designs instructional material for the glory of God. She has an M.Ed from Auburn University and post-graduate training in instructional design from the University of West Florida. Pam has authored numerous articles, co-authored a book, and has critiqued, written, and designed instruction for a variety of Christian publishers and organizations. She and her husband of thirty-five years live in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida where they enjoy long walks on the beach and coastal lake trails and activities with friends and family, especially their four grand-children. But, more than anything, Pam loves Jesus and is deeply grateful for God’s amazing grace in her life.  

Biblical Commentary Writer
Monte Erwin is completing a second master's degree in ESL/International from the University of Alabama at Birmingham while teaching ESL to a diverse group of international students at Gadsden State Community College, Alabama's oldest ESL program. His heart and passion has always been for the peoples of the world. If he can't live overseas, working with internationals in this capacity is the next best thing. He’s also the worship pastor for Concord Baptist Church in Concord, Alabama. In the past, he’s served as international missionary, a minister of music/missions in Oklahoma, and an editor for Student Life Bible Study. Monte and his wife Janet have two sons, both in college.

Also contributing to the production of this lesson: 

General Editor
Dr. Margie Williamson has served as a writer and editor, seminary professor, associational worker, and minister’s wife. She began writing in 1982 and has written Bible studies and devotions, Christian magazine articles, a training book for teachers of teenagers, academic articles, textbook chapters, and a dissertation. She completed two degrees at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary—a master’s and a Ph.D. in Christian Education. She worked for Clarity Publishing from 2007-2010 as the Executive Editor of LifeBibleStudy. Currently, she works as an editor for NavPress. Her favorite thing to do each week is to teach a senior adult Bible study. Margie and her husband, Bob, have two amazing children, three incredible grandchildren, and one dog.

Copy Editor
Marilyn Stewart writes a weekly column as a contributing writer to The Times-Picayune of New Orleans. Her free-lance writing career took off after Hurricane Katrina as she reported in New Orleans for the Louisiana Baptist Convention and The Baptist Message, the newsjournal of Louisiana Southern Baptists. Her articles have appeared on CBN.com, and in SBC Life, Baptist Press, and Southern Baptist periodicals and newspapers across the nation. Marilyn and her husband, Bob, a New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary professor, have three young adult children whom they adore. She holds a M.Div from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and works alongside her husband in ministry. Next to writing for God’s glory, her favorite writing is the novel she hopes to someday publish.