About
Meet Chris
Chris’s mission is to help people read, understand, and apply the Bible. He has contributed to over fifty Bible projects, sixty study guides, and over a hundred books.
Chris is the author or editor of the following:
- The Layman’s Concise Bible Commentary (Barbour)
- The Illustrated Book of Bible Lists (Barbour)
- The Bible: 100 Ways it Can Change Your Life (Time Inc Home Entertainment)
- The BIble: 50 Ways it Can Change Your Life (Time Inc Home Entertainment)
- Once-A-Day At the Table Family Devotional: 365 Daily Readings and Conversation Starters for Your Family (Zondervan)
- The Layman’s Concise Bible Commentary (Barbour)
- Bible Atlas & Companion (Barbour)
- 40 Day Bible Adventure (Barbour)
- Fascinating Bible People (Barbour)
- What the Bible Says About series (Barbour)
- 12 Volume QuickNotes Simplified Commentary Series (Barbour)
- Angels and Miracles (American Bible Society/Time, inc.)
- The Life of Christ (American Bible Society/Time, inc.)
- Inside the Mysteries of the Bible (American Bible Society/Time, inc.)
- The Year Long Bible Reading Series (TheBiblePeople.com)
- Bible Jumble (Tyndale)
- Bible Jumble for Kids (Tyndale)
He has served as managing editor for best-selling Bibles such as:
- The College Devotional Bible (Zondervan)
- The Love Languages Devotional Bible with Gary Chapman (Moody)
- Inspirational Bible with Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson)
- The Extreme Teen Bible (Thomas Nelson)
- The Case for Christ Study Bible with Lee Strobel (Zondervan)
- The NIV VerseLight Bible series by Zondervan (titles include: Find Hope, Find Love, Find Faith, Find Prayer)
In addition to writing and editing, Chris is passionate about softball and baseball and has coached athletic teams at the youth, high school, and college levels. He’s a graduate from Wheaton College (IL) where he served as the Head Softball Coach between 2006-2012. Chris has been an active teacher in his church for nearly twenty years and lives outside Chicago with his wife and three children.
Chris is the President of Peachtree Publishing Services.
What I Believe
First and Foremost
What you should know about me most of all: Jesus is my life and the Bible is my passion. I follow Christ who has given me the burden to help people understand the Bible better. My life mission is to help people read, engage, and apply the Bible as I believe that it is through the Bible that we know God and Christ.
Church Denomination
I’m a conservative Christian and attend a non-denominational Bible church near Chicago. If you are committed to pigeonhole me, you are going to have a tough time. I grew up attending Presbyterian, Assemblies of God, and Baptist churches (how’s THAT for a mix). To top it off, I went to a Christian Reformed high school. Overall, I lean reformed on the theological spectrum, but I believe God is too big to align neatly with the Institutes. Overall, I believe that God works in all Christ-centered churches and that Christians can learn, grow, and benefit from a wide variety of traditions and denominations. Honestly, I think we need each other.
Creed
I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary: Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried: He descended into hell: The third day he rose again from the dead: He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty: From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead: I believe in the Holy Ghost: I believe in the holy catholic church (which means “universal church”): the communion of saints: The forgiveness of sins: The resurrection of the body: And the life everlasting. Amen.