Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and weekly contributor at Forbes.co...

Echo VanderWal and her husband, Harry, lead The Luke Commission, a faith-based NGO providing delivering compassionate, comprehensive healthcare to the most isolated and underserved people in the Kingd...

Echo VanderWal and her husband, Harry, lead The Luke Commission, a faith-based NGO providing delivering compassionate, comprehensive healthcare to the most isolated and underserved people in the Kingdom of Eswatini through over 300,000 patient visits per year. All services are provided free to the patient. Echo earned a bachelor’s degree in biology (summa cum laude) from Cedarville University in 1996. In 2011, Cedarville honored the VanderWals with the Alumni of the Year Award. After completing training as a physical assistant at Kettering College of Medical Arts, Echo practiced in surgery until the birth of her triplet sons in 2001. Following the birth of the children, Echo began a successful commercial real estate business, working from home. In 2004, Harry and Echo visited Eswatini, a small country adjacent to South Africa with the highest prevalence of HIV globally, for the first time. After witnessing the devastation of untreated and stigmatized disease, they moved to Eswatini to found TLC and live out their lifelong dream of serving in medical missions in Africa. With deep compassion, leadership acumen, business sense, and a servant’s heart, Echo advocates at the highest levels of leadership in Eswatini for the health of people in Eswatini. Echo has overseen development of TLC’s Miracle Campus from one old barn to more than 25 buildings, including the 130-bed Miracle Campus Hospital providing specialty and critical care. Echo has also coordinated an innovative multi-month onboarding program for over 1,300 participants and championed the construction of Eswatini’s first-ever oxygen production plant during the depths of COVID-19. Harry and Echo have seven children and one grandchild; the couple resides full-time in Eswatini with their family.

Dr. Randy Guliuzza is President of the Institute for Creation Research, a ministry that researches and communicates how sciencec onfirms biblical creation. He has a B.S. in Engineering from the South...

Dr. Randy Guliuzza is President of the Institute for Creation Research, a ministry that researches and communicates how sciencec onfirms biblical creation. He has a B.S. in Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, a B.A. in theology from Moody Bible Institute, an M.D. from the University of Minnesota, and a Master of Public Health from Harvard University. Dr. Guliuzza served nine years in the Navy Civil Engineer Corps and is a registered Professional Engineer. In 2008, he retired as a lieutenant colonel from the Air Force, where he served as 28th Bomb Wing Flight Surgeon and Chief of Aerospace Medicine, and joined the Institute for Creation Research as National Representative. He was appointed President in 2020. He is the author of Made in His Image: Examining the complexities of the human body, Clearly Seen: Constructing Solid Arguments for Design, Five Minutes with a Darwinist, and Twenty Evolutionary Blunders: Dangers and Difficulties of Darwinian Thinking, and a contributor to Guide to Creation Basics, Creation Basics & Beyond, Guide to the Human Body, and the Made in His Image DVD series.

Scott Stripling is the Director of Excavations and Chief Archaeologist at Ancient Shiloh from 2017–present and previously directed the excavations at Khirbet el-Maqatir from 2013–2017. He also served...

Scott Stripling is the Director of Excavations and Chief Archaeologist at Ancient Shiloh from 2017–present and previously directed the excavations at Khirbet el-Maqatir from 2013–2017. He also served as a Director of the Mt. Ebal Dump Salvage, Field Supervisor at the Tall el-Hammam Excavation project, and Supervisor at the Temple Mount Sifting Project. Stripling earned master’s degrees from the University of Texas and the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Archaeology and Biblical History from Veritas International University. He serves as Provost and Director of the Archaeological Institute at The Bible Seminary in Katy, Texas. Stripling is a popular speaker and author and frequently appears as a scholar in documentaries and popular media programs. His geographical research focus lies in the Highlands of Israel, across multiple time periods, ranging from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Islamic period. Stripling’s academic articles appear regularly in peer-reviewed journals such as Levant, Palestine Exploration Quarterly, and Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin and popular magazines like Qadmoniot and Bible and Spade. Stripling contributed articles to The Harvest Handbook of Bible Lands (2019) and wrote chapters for Five Views on the Exodus (Zondervan 2021) and Archaeology, John, and Jesus (Eerdman’s 2023). The Trowel and the Truth (Vision 2017) serves as a textbook for several universities. Khirbet el-Maqatir, Volume 2, The Late Hellenistic, Early Roman, and Byzantine Periods (Final Publication) was recently published by Archaeopress. He is a professional member of ASOR and currently serves as president of the Near East Archaeological Society. Scott and his wife, Janet, have four children and five grandchildren.