O. S. Hawkins is a native of Fort Worth and a graduate of both TCU (BBA) and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv, PhD), where he now serves as Chancellor. He is the former pastor of the historic First Baptist Church in Dallas and also serves now as President Emeritus of GuideStone Financial Resources, the world’s largest Christian-screened mutual fund, serving 250,000 church workers and Christian university personnel with an asset base exceeding twenty billion dollars. Dr. Hawkins is the author of more than fifty books, including the best-selling 'The Joshua Code' and the entire ‘Code’ Series of devotionals published by HarperCollins/Thomas Nelson with sales of more than two million copies. He preaches in churches and conferences across the nation. He and his wife Susie have two daughters, two sons-in-law and six grandchildren.