Billings is the Gordon H. Girod Research Professor of Reformed Theology at Western Theological Seminary. He is an ordained minister and author of six books, including The Word of God for the People of God: An Entryway to the Theological Interpretation of Scripture (Eerdmans, 2010), Union with Christ: Reframing Theology and Ministry for the Church (Baker Academic, 2011), winner of a Christianity Today Book Award, and The End of the Christian Life: How Embracing Our Mortality Frees Us to Truly Live (Brazos, 2020). Visit his website at www.jtoddbillings.com.