Mike Hood, John Lennox & John Dickson
Mike Hood is an evangelist, pastor, and writer who loves sharing the reality and beauty of Jesus. A former UCCF staff worker and church evangelist, he has given talks about the Christian faith to people of all ages, stages, and backgrounds, including at university outreach weeks all over the UK. He has a BA in English Literature from Cambridge University and an MA in Christian Theology and Ministry from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Crosslands Training. He is also a spoken-word poet who has competed at the Royal Albert Hall and performed at the Big Church Festival. He works as one of the pastors at Eden Baptist Church in Cambridge, UK.
John Lennox is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow in Mathematics and the Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Said Business School. He is particularly interested in the interface of science, philosophy, and theology. Lennox has been part of numerous public debates defending the Christian faith against well known atheists including Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Peter Singer. He is the author of a number of books, including Can Science Explain Everything? and Where Is God in a Coronavirus World?.
Starting out as a professional singer-songwriter, John Dickson now works as a writer, speaker, historian, and media presenter. He is the author of more than a dozen books, and the presenter of three TV documentaries on the origins of Christianity. He teaches Historical Jesus at the University of Sydney, and is the Distinguished Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Public Christianity at Ridley College, Melbourne. He produces a weekly podcast called Undeceptions. During 2017-2019 he was a Visiting Academic in the Faculty of Classics at Oxford University researching the use of memory techniques in ancient education. In all that he does, whether in the media or the church, creative or academic, he strives to be a public advocate for the Christian faith in skeptical times. Having lost his father in a major air disaster when he was young, John has always felt an affinity with the deeper questions and doubts of our world. He lives in Sydney, and values his wife and three children above all other gifts of this life.
