Julian M. Motley was born in 1927 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and earned his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Divinity degrees in North Carolina at Wake Forest College and at S...view moreJulian M. Motley was born in 1927 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and earned his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Divinity degrees in North Carolina at Wake Forest College and at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The author served as a pastor for 46 years and as an adjunctive professor and director of pastoral ministries at SEBTS for 13 additional years before retiring in 2006. He and his wife Jane live in Wake Forest.view less