Edward A. Engelbrecht (B.S., M.Div., S.T.M.) is general editor for the 2015 ECPA Christian Book Award Finalist "Lutheran Bible Companion" and a contributing editor to the 2012 ECPA Christian Book Award Finalist "The Story Bible." He is known as a writer and editor who makes biblical studies and theology understandable. Persons as diverse as Jewish scholar Emanuel Tov of Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the moms at Christian Children's Book Review have commended his publications. Edward has developed or contributed to several major publications including The Lutheran Study Bible, The Lutheran Bible Companion, The Apocrypha: The Lutheran Edition with Notes, Concordia's Complete Handbook of the Bible, Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions (A Reader's Edition), The Church from Age to Age: A History---and for children, The Story Bible: 130 Stories of God's Love. Edward is an ordained minister in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and served as a pastor in Illinois before being invited to work as an editor in St. Louis. His professional and academic research has appeared in the Journal of Early Christian Studies, Logia: A Journal of Lutheran Theology, Concordia Journal, and Concordia Theological Quarterly. His most recent research appears in Friends of the Law: Luther's Use of the Law for the Christian Life. On the weekends he serves as a guest preacher and Bible class teacher, enjoying life with his dear wife and four children.