Mark DeVine serves as associate professor of divinity at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He is the author of two books: Bonhoeffer Speaks Today and RePlant. DeVine served as a missionary to Bangkok, Thailand, has pastored churches in five states, and frequently serves as a transition pastor. DeVine lives in Hoover, Alabama, with his wife Jackie. They are the parents of two grown sons.