Contributors

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Ben Ratliff

Ben is the Associate Pastor at Covenant PCA in Cleveland, MS.
He is from Jackson, MS and received a B.A. in Biblical Studies from Belhaven University (2009) and graduated from RTS Jackson in 2013.
He served previously at Providence PCA in Salisbury, MD from 2013-2016. For a while he labored in south Mississippi at two churches (First Pres Hazlehurst and First Pres Wesson) before moving to Cleveland in 2020.

Ben publishes other content at Pulpit Matters and Polity Matters and Especially the Preaching.

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Josh Reagan

Josh, his wife Christina, and their three children live in Greenwood, MS where he serves as the associate minister at Westminster Presbyterian Church. In his spare time he enjoys reading and watching MSU baseball though the latter is sometimes unenjoyable. 

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Matt Adams

Matt is the Senior Minister at First Presbyterian Church in Dillon, SC. He is married to Beth, and they are the proud parents to three covenant kids. He is one of the co-hosts on the podcast, Larger for Life. In his free time, he enjoys coaching his son's sports teams and a strong cup of black coffee. He also as taken a liking to running and working out in the gym while listening to a good audiobook.

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Nate Xanders

Nate lives in the greater Knoxville area with his wife Leslie and three little men in training. He is the teaching pastor of Christ the King Church (PCA) in Louisville, TN. He enjoys breakfast food and craft coffee. His lone hobby is submission grappling. 

Guests

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C.R. Wiley

Pastor Wiley's most recent book is, In the House of Tom Bombadil (2021). He is also the author of, The Household and the War for the Cosmos (2019). His short fiction has appeared in The Mythic Circle (published by the Mythopoeic Society) and elsewhere, and the first book in his young adult fantasy series, The Purloined Boy was published in 2017. He is a co-host of The Theology Pugcast, a board member of the Academy of Philosophy and Letters, as well as New Saint Andrews College, and he is a Senior Editor of Touchstone Magazine. He has been happily married for over 38 years and he has three grown children and five grandchildren (and counting). He resides in the state of Washington.

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Matthew Everhard

Rev. Dr. Matthew Everhard is the senior pastor of Gospel Fellowship Presbyterian Church (PCA). He is a graduate of Malone University (BA, Bible), Ashland Theological Seminary (MA, Practical Theology), and Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando (D.MIN), where he wrote his dissertation on Jonathan Edwards' theology of joy. He is the author of several books and articles, and continues to focus his academic writings on Jonathan Edwards. Matthew and his wife Kelly are both Ohio natives, love the Great Lakes area, and now consider the beautiful rolling hills of Western Pennsylvania their permanent home. Together, they have four children, Soriah, Elijah, Simone, and Elise. 

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Stephen Spinnenweber

Stephen was born and raised in Pasadena, Maryland and earned his BA in history from the University of Maryland University College and he earned his Masters of Divinity from Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (GPTS). Stephen and his wife, Sarah, are high school sweethearts and have been married since 2013. They are proud parents to four beautiful children.

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