Swavely, David William: - Dave Swavely is the planter of three churches and the founder of The Way With Words nonprofit ministry. He is the coauthor of Life in the Father's House: A Member's Guide to the Local Church (with Wayne Mack) and From Embers to a Flame: How God Can Revitalize Your Church (with Harry Reeder) and is the sole author of Decisions Decisions, Who Are You to Judge?, and Unto Others: Rediscovering the Golden Rule, as well as many fiction titles. See more at www.daveswavely.com.

Mack, Wayne A.: - Wayne A. Mack (1935-2025) was the author of more than two dozen books on biblical counseling and practical Christian life issues. He founded Strengthening Ministries Training Institute, a certified training center of ACBC International, and served for years as the director of ACBC Africa. Over the course of his long career, he counseled and taught at CCEF (Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation), served as chairman of the biblical counseling department at The Master's University and Seminary in California, and was a board member of NANC (now the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors) and FIRE (Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals).