Ray Ortlund has served as the pastor of Immanuel Church in Nashville, Tennessee, is a council member emeritus with The Gospel Coalition, and is the president of Renewal Ministries. Ray has been married to Jani Giles Ortlund for fifty-two years, and they have four children and fifteen grandchildren. Ray is the author of a number of books, including The Gospel: How the Church Portrays the Beauty of Christ.

Sam Allberry is the associate pastor at Immanuel Nashville. He is the author of various books, including What God Has to Say About Our Bodies and Is God Anti-Gay?; and the co-host of the podcast You're Not Crazy: Gospel Sanity for Young Pastors. He is a fellow at the Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics.