His Mission ─ Jesus in the Gospel of Luke

With contributions from popular Bible teachers such as Tim Keller, Kevin DeYoung, and John Piper, this collection of eight biblical expositions walks readers through the Gospel of Luke, exploring Jesus’s blameless life, atoning death, and vindicating resurrection.

D. A. Carson (PhD, Cambridge University) is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he has taught since 1978. He is president of The Gospel Coalition, and has written or edited nearly 60 books includingScandalous, Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor, and The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God. He and his wife, Joy, have two children and live in the north suburbs of Chicago.

Kathleen B. Nielson (PhD, Vanderbilt University) serves as the director of women’s initiatives at the Gospel Coalition. She a popular conference speaker and the author or editor of numerous books, including Ruth and Esther: A 12-Week Study (forthcoming), and co-editor (with D. A. Carson) of Here Is Our God. Kathleen and her husband, Niel, have three grown sons, two beautiful daughters-in-law, and a growing number of grandchildren.

John Piper (DTheol, University of Munich) is teacher and founder of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary. He served for 33 years as pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis and is author of more than 50 books, including Desiring God, Don’t Waste Your Life,This Momentary Marriage, Bloodlines, andDoes God Desire All to Be Saved?

COLIN S. SMITH is the senior pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church in Arlington Heights, IL, where he has been since 1996. He is the author ofThe 10 Greatest Struggles of Your Life and can be heard on his Unlocking the Bible broadcast with Moody radio.

D. A. Carson (PhD, Cambridge University) is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he has taught since 1978. He is president of The Gospel Coalition, and has written or edited nearly 60 books includingScandalous, Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor, and The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God. He and his wife, Joy, have two children and live in the north suburbs of Chicago.

Kevin DeYoung (MDiv, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) is senior pastor at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan. He blogs at the Gospel Coalition and has authored or coauthored numerous well-known books such asJust Do Something and The Hole in Our Holiness, as well as the award-winning booksWhy We’re Not Emergent and Why We Love the Church (with Ted Kluck).

Stephen T. Um (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is senior minister of CityLife Church in Boston, Massachusetts, and president of the Center for Gospel Culture. He serves on the board of directors for the Gospel Coalition, as an adjunct faculty member at a number of theological seminaries, and is the author of several books and articles.

TIMOTHY KELLER is founder and pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York. He is the best-selling author ofThe Prodigal God and The Reason for God.