When I was young, I had a soccer coach who told me I didn’t know how to run—and that he was going to teach me. His statement made me mad. I actually didn’t like my coach too much; I thought he was kind of overweight for a coach, he was pushier than any coach I’d ever had, and I was sure he wasn’t playing me in games enough. Besides, I’d been running all my life and my dad had been a college track star (so I figured I had running in my genetic makeup). Who was he to tell me I could learn from him how to run? I look back now on that coach and realize he was right. I didn’t know how to run, and what he taught me sticks with me to this day.

Dr. Phil Collins serves as the General Editor for The Abide Bible. He is Co-executive Director of the Taylor University Center for Scripture Engagement where he has been a full-time Christian Ministries professor since 1999. Dr. Collins earned a B.A. in Bible Literature and Christian Education from Taylor University, an M.A. in Christian Education from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Purdue University. In addition to his academic work, Dr. Collins was formerly on staff with Youth for Christ and has served as a church youth pastor.