Atheist turned Christian Clinton Wahlen is Associate Director of the Biblical Research Institute in Silver Spring, MD. He is the author of two books, an Adult Bible Study Guide on James, and many articles. He is also the editor of a volume published in 2015 on the nature of human beings. Dr. Wahlen received his Ph.D. from Cambridge University, has appeared on television and radio programs, and traveled to 50 countries. He taught New Testament and Greek for eleven years at seminaries in Russia and in the Philippines. Currently writing commentaries on Matthew and Luke, he is originally from Portland, Oregon. He and his wife Gina have a son (recently married) and a daughter.