Dr. Ralph Stearley is professor of geology at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Professor Stearley is a graduate of the University of Missouri, the University of Utah, and the University of Michigan where he received his Ph.D. He was also a post-doctoral researcher at the Illinois State Museum. He has broad interests in the history of the earth and the life it contains and he's a very active field researcher. In 2008 he co-authored, with Professor Davis A. Young, The Bible, Rocks and Time: Geological Evidence for the Age of the Earth (Inter-Varsity Press).

Dr. Jean Bethke Elshtain is Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics at the University of Chicago Divinity School.  Professor Elshtain’s particular interest is in showing the connections between our political and our ethical convictions.  She is the author and co-author of a host of scholarly and popular books and her writing has earned her several prestigious awards.  She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, chair of the Council on Civil Society, and a Presidential appointee to the Council of the National Endowment for the Humanities.  Professor Elshtain also serves as co-chair of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and chair of the Council on Families in America.  Our focus of discussion today is her book, Sovereignty: God, State, and Self (2008).

Dr. Arthur Paul Boers is Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana. His experience is broad, having served for over sixteen years as a pastor in rural, urban, and church-planting settings in the USA and Canada. He is also a Benedictine Oblate. His book, The Way is Made by Walking: A Pilgrimage Along the Camino de Santiago (InterVarsity, 2007) describes his experience walking the ancient 500-mile pilgrimage route in Spain.

Dr. David DeWitt is Professor of Biology and Director of the Center for Creation Studies at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Dr. DeWitt is a biochemist and neuroscientist who is passionate about defending belief in God’s creation of the universe. He recently received a large National Institutes of Health grant to support his research into the causes of Alzheimer's disease. And, he is the author of Unraveling the Origins Controversy (2007).

Dr. David DeWitt is Professor of Biology and Director of the Center for Creation Studies at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Dr. DeWitt is a biochemist and neuroscientist who is passionate about defending belief in God’s creation of the universe. He recently received a large National Institutes of Health grant to support his research into the causes of Alzheimer's disease. And, he is the author of Unraveling the Origins Controversy (2007).

Dr. Gilbert Meilaender is Professor of Theology and Phyllis & Richard Duesenberg Chair in Christian Ethics at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana and a Fellow of the Hastings Center. Professor Meilaender is an eminent scholar, teacher, author, and Presidential advisor on the subject of bio-ethics. His perspective has been highlighted on National Public Radio, PBS’s “Religion & Ethics Newsweekly,” and in Christianity Today magazine. His influential 1996 work, Bioethics – a Primer for Christians was reissued in 2005.

Joe Dallas is the Program Director of Genesis Biblical Counseling in Tustin, California and the author of books and articles on human sexuality from the Christian perspective, including Desires In Conflict and The Game Plan: The Men’s 30 Days Strategy for Attaining Sexual Integrity. His articles have appeared in Christianity Today magazine, the Journal of Christian Healing and the Christian Research Journal, and his work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Moody Monthly, New Man magazine and the Boston Globe. For three years Joe conducted the nationally recognized “Every Man’s Battle,” a 5-Day conference, and he is now a regularly featured speaker with the Focus on the Family “Love Won Out” conference.

Larry Schweikart is a native Arizonian who attended Arizona State University. For many years he was a professional drummer, opening for such noted rock legends as “Steppenwolf” and “Savoy Brown.” In 1976, he left the road and, by chance, was taking a U.S. history class at ASU when he decided he had to become a history professor. After getting his MA from ASU, he got a Ph.D. from the U. of California, Santa Barbara. In 1985, he took a position at the U. of Dayton, where he has taught since. His research, which has resulted in over 30 books, has included banking and financial history, military history, and U.S. history in general. His 2006 book, America’s Victories: Why the U.S. Wins Wars, impressed Pres. George Bush, who invited him to the Oval Office to discuss military history in 2006. His current book, 48 Liberal Lies About American History is now in its 6th printing. He has been on the Rush Limbaugh Show, and hundreds of other shows, including Laura Ingram, Hugh Hewitt, Denis Prager, and Michael Medved, and has appeared on such television shows as “Fox and Friends” (where he is a regular analyzing textbook errors), “Al-Jazeera Television,” the “700 Club,” and BookTV.