About the Author
Gerald N. Lund received his B.A. and M.S. degrees in sociology from Brigham Young University. He also did extensive graduate work in New Testament studies at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, California, and studied Hebrew at the University of Judaism in Hollywood, California.
During his thirty-five years in the Church Educational System, the author served as a seminary teacher, an institute teacher and director, a curriculum writer, director of college curriculum, and zone administrator. His Church callings have included those of bishop, stake missionary, and teacher. In April 2002, he was sustained to the Second Quorum of the Seventy.
Gerald Lund has written nineteen books, including such novels as
Fire of the Covenant, The Alliance, The Freedom Factor, Leverage Point, One in Thine Hand,
and
The Kingdom and the Crown
trilogy. He has also written several books on gospel studies, including
The Coming of the Lord
and
Jesus Christ, Key to the Plan of Salvation.
He has twice won the Independent Booksellers “Book of the Year” Award and has received many other honors for his works.
He and his wife, Lynn, are the parents of seven children.