Heart & Mind
About the Author
Timothy
George is the founding dean of Beeson Divinity School at Samford University
and has served there since its inception in 1988. He teaches church
history, historical theology, and theology of the Reformers. An executive
editor for Christianity Today, he also serves on the editorial advisory
boards of the Harvard Theological Review, Christian History, and Books & Culture.
George regularly writes for scholarly journals and has authored more
than 20 books; his Theology of the Reformers has been translated into
several languages and is the standard textbook on reformation theology
in many schools and seminaries. George has pastored churches in Tennessee,
Alabama, and Massachusetts, and is highly sought as a preacher and
conference speaker. He and his wife, Denise, have two children, Christian
and Alyce.
This article is excerpted from an address Dr. George gave at Bethel Seminary San Diego.