Research Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, and Director of Research for the Latimer Trust. Author or editor of numerous books, including The Doctrine of God, Yours is the Kingdom, Biblical Interpretation: Past and Present, God Has Spoken, God Is Love, Augustine on the Christian Life and The Church. He is a contributor to Shapers of Christian Orthodoxy and The Trustworthiness of God.