Dr. George Guthrie serves as the Benjamin W. Perry Professor of Bible and Senior Fellow in the Ryan Center for Biblical Studies at Union University in Jackson, TN. A respected New Testament scholar and a deeply committed churchman, he is the author of numerous articles and books, including the NIV Application Commentary: Hebrews (Zondervan, 1998), the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary: Hebrews (Zondervan, 2002), James in the Expositor's Bible Commentary (Zondervan, 2006), the Hebrews section of the Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament (edited by G. K. Beale and D. A. Carson), and 2 Corinthians in the Baker Exegetical Commentary Series. As the architect of the Read the Bible for Life biblical literacy initiative, he has written or edited four tools, including, Read the Bible for Life: Your Guide to Understanding & Living God's Word (B&H, 2011), A Reader's Guide to the Bible (LifeWay, forthcoming), and Reading God's Story: A One-Year Chronological Bible (B&H, forthcoming). Dr. Guthrie has participated in translation projects, such as the revision of The New Living Translation, and has served as a consultant on the Holman Christian Standard Bible, the New Century Version, and the English Standard Version. At Union University he led in the establishment of the Ryan Center for Biblical Studies, which is committed to promoting sound Bible reading, study, and interpretation at the grassroots level of the church. Dr. Guthrie and his family attend Northbrook Church, which he and his wife helped plant, and served as co-pastor of that church for ten years. Dr. Guthrie holds both the Ph.D. and the M.Div. degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Th.M. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He and his wife Pat live near Jackson, TN.