Craig S. Keener (PhD, Duke University) is F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is author of thirty-one books (thirty-six volumes), with more than one million copies in circulation. The books have won thirteen national or international awards, including six in Christianity Today. Craig authored The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament and is the New Testament editor for the NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible and is president of the Evangelical Theological Society. Craig is married to Dr. Médine Keener, who was a refugee in her home country of Congo for eighteen months.