Featured Guests

Roger Hershey (or "Hersh" as he's known) is a graduate of Penn State ('72). As a student he spent 2 years in the marching band, was a cheerleader for 2 years and was in the Chi Phi fraternity. Hersh has been on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ for 35 years. He's served 8 years with Student Venture, the high school ministry of Campus Crusade, 17 years on campus at Miami of Ohio, 5 years on the Great Lakes regional team (Leadership over OH, IN, IL, and MI), and 5 years (and currently) directing the campus ministry at Penn State.

Here's a recent talk from Hersh in MP3 format.

Lauren F. Winner is the author of three books, Girl Meets God, Mudhouse Sabbath, and Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity. She has appeared on PBS's Religion & Ethics Newsweekly and has written for The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post Book World, Publishers Weekly, Books and Culture, and Christianity Today. Her essays have been included in The Best Christian Writing for the years 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006. Winner has degrees from Duke, Columbia, and Cambridge universities, and holds a Ph.D. in history. The former book editor for Beliefnet, Lauren teaches at Duke Divinity School, and lives with her husband in Durham, North Carolina. Lauren travels extensively to lecture and teach, but when she's home, you can usually find her curled up on her couch or screen porch with a good novel.

Dr. Sinclair B Ferguson is Senior Minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Columbia, South Carolina and Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. A graduate of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, he is the author of some two dozen books, has authored numerous articles and has contributed to various symposia. His writing interests have ranged from works of scholarship to books for children. He has served as minister of two congregations in Scotland, one on Unst, the most northerly inhabited island in the United Kingdom, and the other at the centre of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. For more than twenty years he has been a member of the faculty of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and Dallas and has served as a visiting professor in various other seminaries. Sinclair and his wife Dorothy have been married for thirty five years. They have three sons, a daughter, and three grandsons.

Hear a sample sermon from Dr. Ferguson in MP3 format.

Dave Barnes is a recording artist originally from Kosciusko, Mississippi. After graduating from Middle Tennessee State University in 2002, Dave released the critically acclaimed Three, Then Four as his first album. Since then, he has released Brother, Bring the Sun (2004) and Chasing Mississippi (2006). Dave has written and co-written songs that have been performed by Marc Broussard, Bebo Norman, Matt Wertz, and Bethany Dillon, to name a few. Dave has been invited to join John Mayer on the MayerCraft Carrier in February, 2008. He and his wife Annie currently live in Nashville, Tennessee.

Rhett and Link are the comedy duo of Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal. They met on the first day of first grade in Buies Creek Elementary School, after having to stay inside during recess for writing profanity on their desks. They became best friends after they were forced to be quiet and color pictures of Paul Bunyan. Later, they were roommates at NC State University where they studied engineering and were involved with Campus Crusade for Christ. Rhett and Link have recorded two musical comedy albums, Just Mail Us the Grammy (2001) and I'm Sorry, What Was That? (Live in the Living Room) (2006). They have a large collection of online content consisting of music videos, man-on-the-street interactions, and comedy sketches. Notable video works include Pimp My Stroller, The Facebook Song, and The Freelance Fireworks Hall of Fame. After 4 years on staff with Campus Crusade, they made a transition from the internet into network television. Rhett and Link co-host Online Nation, a show that features the best viral videos from the internet. Online Nation airs Sundays at 7:30 PM on the CW network.

Mark graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in Industrial Technology. He and his wife, Kristi, joined the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ in 1986 and were assigned to Harvard University, where Mark also served as the director. He then became the Catalytic Metro Director for Boston. In 1996, Mark was asked to become part of the national leadership of the Campus Ministry serving as the National Director for Staffed Campuses, then as Human Resources Leadership National Director. Currently, he is the U.S. National Campus Director. Mark and Kristi live in Orlando, FL with their three children: Abby, Ben, and Will.