Gary Selby (PhD, University of Maryland) is professor of ministerial formation at Emmanuel Christian Seminary, where he teaches courses in spiritual formation and ministry. Selby is the author of Martin Luther King and the Rhetoric of Freedom, Not With Wisdom of Words: Nonrational Persuasion in the New Testament, and Pursuing an Earthy Spirituality: C. S. Lewis and Incarnational Faith. He previously served as the Carl P. Miller Chair of Communication at Pepperdine University and director of Pepperdine's Center for Faith and Learning. He and his wife, Tammy, have two sons and five grandchildren, and live in Johnson City, Tennessee.