Join the Launch Team!

100 launch team spots are open to launch the Gardens and Deserts Bible studies into the world.

FREE PRE-ORDER BONUSES:

4 Live Zoom Calls with Bible Scholars and Bible teachers
New 4-week Bible Study download, The Storyline of Scripture
Tote Bag

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launch team closes june 5th

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4 live, 60-minute Zoom calls

We’ll spend some time discussing topics from Gardens and Deserts with these pastors, authors, and Bible scholars.

Sharifa Stevens

Author, speaker, singer

Join us Friday, June 6th @ Noon CST to talk about Queen Vashti.

Sharifa is the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, born and raised in New York, and currently residing with her family in Dallas, TX. She graduated from Columbia University in New York with a Bachelor in African American Studies before earning a master in theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. She co-authored Only Light Can Do That: 60 Days of MLK Devotions for Kids, contributed to the book Vindicating the Vixens: Revisiting Sexualized, Vilified, & Marginalized Women of the Bible and Rally: Communal Prayers for Lovers of Jesus and Justice. Her newest book is, When We Talk to God: Prayers and Poems for Black Women.

Dr. Jeaninne K. Brown

Professor, Biblical Scholar, Author

Join us Friday, June 13th @ Noon CST to talk about Jesus in Gethsemane.

Dr. Brown teaches New Testament at Bethel Seminary and has been a member of the faculty at Bethel University since 1995. Her areas of interest include biblical hermeneutics, the Gospels—particularly the Gospel of Matthew—Philippians, 1 Peter, and issues of contextualization. She is also engaged in integrative work with colleagues in theology and the social sciences, both in the classroom and through collaborative writing. She is the author of Scripture as Communicate, The Gospels as Stories, a commentary on Philippians, and the co-author of a commentary on Matthew.

Dr. Carmen Imes

Professor, Biblical scholar, author

Join us Friday, June 20th @ Noon CST to talk about the Significance of Sinai.

Dr. Imes is passionate about helping students and other laypeople engage the Old Testament and discover its relevance for Christian identity and mission. She is best known for her books Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters (IVP 2019) and Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters (IVP 2023). She releases weekly "Torah Tuesday" videos on her own YouTube channel. She writes for Christianity Today, Politics of Theology, and The Well (InterVarsity). Before arriving at Biola in 2021, she served as professor of Old Testament at Prairie College in Alberta, Canada. Her academic journey began when Carmen and her husband served as missionaries in the Philippines with SIM International, reaching out to ethnic minorities. Imes loves introducing students to the rich insights of the global church.

Kristel Acevedo

Pastor, Author

Join us Friday, June 27th @ Noon CST to talk about Hagar in the Desert.

Kristel earned a Master’s degree from Southeastern Seminary and currently serves as the Discipleship Director at Transformation Church—a role she considers both an honor and the fulfillment of a God-given dream. In December 2022, she released her first co-authored book, 3 Big Questions That Shape Your Future. Her newest Bible study with InterVarsity Press (IVP), A Way in the Wilderness, launches on May 20th. Continuing her theological and leadership journey, Kristel is pursuing a Doctor of Ministry at Wheaton College Graduate School.