R. Larry Overstreet (Ph.D., Wayne State University) is adjunct professor in the Ph.D. program at Piedmont International University. Formerly he was director of the D.Min. program and professor of pastoral theology at Corban University School of Ministry (formerly Northwest Baptist Seminary) in Tacoma, Washington. Larry served as a pastor of churches in Michigan and Indiana for seventeen years and is also the author of Biographical Preaching: Bringing Bible Characters to Life.