In the spirit of the global nature of the Genesis study, we will kick off the study with a guest speaker, The Rev. Dr. Joel Heck, who will come to us live from Austin, TX.Dr. Heck will not actually be here in North Ridgeville, but rather streamed live from Concordia University, Austin. Dr. Heck will give a one-hour overview of the book, followed by a question and answer session.

The Rev. Dr. Joel D. Heck teaches courses in Old Testament, New Testament, Reformation, and the life and writings of C. S. Lewis at Concordia University Texas. He holds the Doctor of Theology from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. He is the author or editor of ten books, most recently a textbook of introduction to the Old Testament for his classes at Concordia. He and his wife Cheryl have three grown children.