David R.Helm (MDiv, Gordon-Conwell Theological School) is the head pastor of Christ Church Chicago's Hyde Park congregation in Chicago. He is also the head of the board of directors of the Charles Simeon Trust, an organization dedicated to preaching training. He is the coauthor of The Genesis Factor (with Jon Dennis), a contributor to Preach the Word: Essays on Expository Preaching, and the author of The Big Picture Narrative Bible and the Preaching the Word commentary series' 1 and 2 Peter and Jude.