Teaching Plan Writer
Self-proclaimed “English nerd” and newlywed, Alex Lewis lives in Birmingham, Alabama, with her husband, Will. She received her Master’s Degree in English from The University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2013, where she continues to work as a Composition Instructor. In addition to teaching at the university, she also teaches Sunday school. In the past, she has worked with middle school students, who taught her as much about loving the Lord as she attempted to teach them. Through her experience in this area of ministry, the Lord developed a passion within her to continue to work with students and young adults. Her desire in this ministry is to motivate individuals to find their identity in Christ, rather than the standards of the secular world. She recently began a Sunday school class for young women in their mid-late 20s who are transitioning from college life to the “real world”—a transformation she is in the process of attempting to figure out as well.
Commentary Writer
Dr. Tan Flippin is Pastor of Discipleship at Lakeside Baptist Church in Granbury, Texas. He has been married to Janet for 32 years and they have two grown children: a son, Drew, and a daughter, Erin, who is married to Aaron King. Tan has been in the ministry since 1983 and has been a youth minister, curriculum editor, seminary professor and administrator, and minister of education. Tan’s hobbies are fishing, biking, reading, and writing. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas; a Master’s degree in Christian Education from Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas; and a Doctor of Education degree in Christian Leadership from Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Tan accepted Christ when he was eight years old.
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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 for adults and for NavPress as an editor. Currently, she works as an editor and writer of both adult and student curriculum at Life Bible Study. Her favorite thing to do each week is to teach a senior adult Bible study. Margie and her husband, Bob, have two amazing children, two incredible grandchildren, and one dog.