About The Authors

Most of the material on this website was produced by David Padfield, evangelist for the Church of Christ in Zion, Illinois. In addition, Padfield was able to secure the assistance of Gene Taylor, Jeff Asher, Wayne Greeson and Keith Sharp to produce original articles, tracts and books for this site.

David Padfield (Zion, Illinois)

David Padfield is an independent researcher, author, and lecturer whose work stands at the intersection of biblical studies, historical geography, and archaeological photography. His research seeks to recover the settings in which the biblical narratives were first heard: the landscapes, cities, monuments, and cultural practices of the ancient Near East and the eastern Mediterranean.

For more than thirty years, he has conducted research across the lands of the Bible, photographing and documenting sites in Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, and Italy. This work has taken him beyond the usual itinerary to places that remain difficult for most researchers and visitors to reach, including Harran, Mount Ararat, and Carchemish in Turkey; Ashkelon and Lachish in Israel; and Tell Dhahab, the proposed site of biblical Penuel, in Jordan. He has twice been granted permission to photograph inside the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

These images and site studies form the foundation of his writing and preaching. He uses them to place biblical texts within their historical and cultural contexts and to make the geography of Scripture accessible to scholars, teachers, and bible students.

Several of Padfield’s research papers are available on Academia.edu. He is also a content contributor at FreeBibleImages.org, where many of his Bible lands photographs and AI-generated images of biblical stories are featured.

For several years, he owned and operated Padfield Consulting Service, a website design and in-service training company. He was also a charter member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals and an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop.

Gene Taylor (Land O Lakes, Florida)

Gene Taylor has retired from full-time work as an evangelist and is now living in semi-retirement in Land O Lakes, Florida, after having served the Centerville Road Church of Christ in Tallahassee, Florida, for thirty-five and a half years (25 years as one of their elders). He and his wife, the former Sandy Hall, were married on September 16, 1967. They have three children and seven grandchildren.

Gene began full-time preaching in 1974 with the church in Downers Grove, Illinois. In 1977 he moved to Evansville, Indiana, where he worked with the Northwest congregation. In 1981 he began working with the church in Mount Vernon, Indiana. In June of 1984, he relocated to Tallahassee, Florida, and worked with the Centerville Road congregation until December 2019. He still holds several gospel meetings each year and has written numerous books and class studies.

Jeff Asher (Katy, Texas)

Jeff Asher was reared in Pine Bluff, AR where he obeyed the Gospel at the age of 13. At 19 He began preaching by appointment throughout South Central Arkansas. Over the last 35 years, he has worked with churches in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.

Asher's evangelistic work is represented by a wide range of activity. He has preached in established churches and been instrumental in establishing churches. Early in his ministry, he began radio preaching which he continues to do each week on KGAS. Every year he conducts several evangelistic meetings for churches and has been to Central America in such efforts. He maintains a website and contributes to others. He is a staff writer for Faith and Facts Quarterly and one-time associate editor of With All Boldness. He has also been interested in debating as a teaching method and has conducted 15 or more debates with representatives of several denominations on a wide variety of topics. Jeff holds a BS from Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, AR. He and his wife Cyndi have been married for over 30 years. They have two daughters, Rebekah and Mary Beth.

In 2015, Jeff left local work in order to have opportunities for writing, publishing, and other opportunities in evangelism. He still preaches by appointment, whenever asked, and will gladly accept invitations as his schedule and resources allow. Jeff became a licensed Texas real estate sales agent in 2015. He currently makes his home in Katy, Texas where he is involved in farm and ranch real estate development.

Wayne Greeson (Connersville, Indiana)

Wayne Greeson grew up listening to his father, Richard Greeson preach. As the son of a preacher he grew up in Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania, but eventually he remained in Indiana long enough to attend high school and college there. Wayne graduated from Indiana University with an undergraduate degree and a law degree. While in Bloomington, Indiana, at IU, he met and married Chris Ann Burns.

After completing law school, Wayne practiced law in Noblesville, Indiana and began preaching for the Castleton church of Christ. After four years he moved to Hollywood, Florida to work with the church of Christ on Harding Street. After five years later of labor in south Florida, the family moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas where Wayne worked with 28th Avenue church of Christ. Five years later he began working with the McArthur Drive church of Christ in Jacksonville, Arkansas. Three years later he moved to Bentonville, Arkansas and worked for five years with the East 102 church of Christ. In the summer of 2004, he moved back to Indiana and is currently working with the church of Christ in Connersville, Indiana. He is also actively practicing law.

Over the years Wayne has engaged in six public debates over scriptural issues, including debates with Pentecostals, Yahwehists and a Catholic. Wayne spent over eight years on the radio conducting a daily Bible call-in program in central and northwestern Arkansas. Wayne has written articles for several religious periodicals and he has compiled and edited several books. He and his wife, Chris, have three sons, Daniel, Nathaniel, and Joshua. The entire family enjoys the people and beauty of central Indiana where they live.

Keith Sharp (Mountain Home, Arkansas)

Keith Sharp was born in Del Rio, Texas, in 1945. He graduated from Conway (Arkansas) High School in 1963, received his A.A. degree from Florida College in 1965, his BSE from Southern State College (Magnolia, Arkansas) in 1967, and his M.A. in history from the University of Arkansas in 1971.

He began preaching at Quitman AR in May of 1965 and was married to Sandy (Hawkins) that September. They have four grown children and three grandchildren. Keith has served as a local preacher in Quitman AR, El Dorado AR, Rogers AR, Baytown TX, Conway AR, Mena AR, Lakeland FL, Grenada MS, Evans Mills NY, and now Mountain Home, AR, where he is an elder of the Highway 5 South Church of Christ. 

He has preached gospel meetings in 33 American states and 3 Canadian provinces. He has also made Bible teaching and preaching trips to Nigeria (4 times), South Africa, Zimbabwe, Belize (4 times), American Samoa (6 times), Samoa (4 times), Uganda (6 times), Kenya (4 times), the United Kingdom, and Tanzania. Keith sends out a free, monthly e-mail paper called “Meditate on These Things.” Keith has engaged in ten public, oral debates and about sixteen written debates.