Featured Guests

Dr. Crawford Loritts

Senior Pastor : Fellowship Bible Church : Roswell, GA 

Crawford holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Philadelphia Biblical University, a Doctor of Divinity from Biola University, and a Doctor of Sacred Theology from Philadelphia Biblical. His speaking engagements have included evangelistic outreaches, conferences, conventions, churches, colleges and seminaries. He is a frequent speaker for professional sports teams, including three Super Bowls and the NCAA Final Four Chapel. He has spoken to gatherings of senior military officers at the Pentagon. He is a featured speaker at Promise Keepers men's conferences. He and his wife, Karen, are featured speakers at Family Life's marriage and parenting conferences.

Crawford has written numerous articles and has written six books: A Passionate Commitment, Never Walk Away, Make It Home Before Dark, Lessons From A Life Coach, Developing Character In Your Child (co-authored with his wife, Karen) and For A Time We Cannot See.

J.D. Greear

Lead Pastor : Summit Church : Chapel Hill, NC 

Before coming to work at the Summit, J.D. worked among Muslims in Southeast Asia. He entered the Ph.D. program at Southeastern Seminary in 1999, graduating with a doctorate in Systematic Theology in 2003. He is also a graduate of the Word of Life Bible Institute, and a Government and Math graduate of Campbell University. He hails from Winston-Salem.

J.D. and his wife, Veronica have 3 daughters, Kharis, Alethia, and Ryah. He has a gift for taking the deep things of Scripture and making them simple. His messages are easy to follow. You'll appreciate his humor, his warmth, and his engaging style. 

Rhett & Link

Web Comedy Duo : Parts Unknown and the internet

Your Encounter08 emcees, Rhett&Link, are a North Carolina-based comedy duo consisting of life-long best friends, Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal. They are best known for their internet videos, but are also musicians and filmmakers, and have worked in network television as hosts.

Rhett&Link have developed an international following through their collection of over 150 web videos. Their music videos, non-scripted reality videos, and sketches have been seen over 10 million times, and have been featured on CNN, BBC, Fox News, WGN, TV Guide, G4's Attack of the Show, Channel 101's the Fizz, and the homepages of Youtube, Revver, Veoh, iFilm, MSNvideo, the DailyReel, Crackle and other video sites. Rhett&Link have also created original video series for NBC Universal and TV Guide Broadband. They write, shoot, edit and produce almost all of their videos.

For more info (video, audio, hilario) visit their web site, rhettandlink.com.