Scott Lamb is director of research for the President of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. A native of St. Louis, Scott has pastored churches in Alabama, Missouri, and Kentucky. He is a contributor to WORLD Magazine's website and the "Civil Religion" forum of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He and his wife, Pearl, have five children and are members of Immanuel Baptist Church.

Tim Ellsworth is director of news and media relations at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, and author of God in the Whirlwind: Stories of Grace from the Tornado at Union University. He is also a frequent contributor to Baptist Press. He has previously worked as an editor, reporter, and high school social studies teacher. He and his wife, Sarah, have three children and are actively involved at Cornerstone Community Church.