About the authors

Chad Hartsock was raised in Bristol, VA (but does not like NASCAR). Educated at Virginia High School, Carson-Newman University, and the George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Chad earned his Ph.D. in Biblical Studies at Baylor University in 2007. He taught at Carson-Newman University for 11 years before moving to the Christian Academy of Knoxville. Chad is author of Sight and Blindness in Luke-Acts: The Use of Physical Features in Characterization (Brill, 2008), along with several academic articles. Chad has also served as a student minister and itinerant preacher for many years, and he officiates high school sports on the side. 
Chad is also the founder of The REL Fantasy Football League, and the 2011 champion. 
Chad can be reached at [email protected].
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Dave McNeely is a native Kentuckian, longtime Tennessean, and loyal Hufflepuff. Educated at Marilyn Moore’s home preschool, Burlington Elementary, Conner Middle, Conner High, Carson-Newman University, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond (R.I.P.), and Iliff School of Theology, he has published through various outlets, including contributing chapters to Faith Forward: A Dialogue on Children, Youth, and a New Kind of Christianity, ed. Dave Csinos and Melvin Bray (Woodlake, 2013) , The Exiled Generations: Legacies of the Southern Baptist Convention Holy Wars, ed. Carl Kell (University of Tennessee Press, 2014), and This Present Glory: An Anthology of Honest Spiritual Literature (Game for Good Christians, 2020).
He was Champion of the REL Fantasy Football League in 2018.
Dave can be reached at [email protected].
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Evangelical Translation: Dave McNeely was saved at the age of eight when he walked down the aisle at Burlington Baptist Church and asked Jesus into his heart. His favorite Bible verse is John 3:30. His first concert was dcTalk on their "Jesus Freak" tour.

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​media inquiries

For media inquiries, contact Dave McNeely at [email protected].