Rev. Dr. Michael F. Bird (Ph.D., University of Queensland) is academic dean and lecturer in New Testament at Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of more than 30 books, including The New Testament in its World, coauthored with N. T. Wright, and Religious Freedom in a Secular Age: A Christian Case for Liberty, Equality, and Secular Government. He can be followed on twitter @mbird12, he blogs at michaelfbird@substack.com, and has a YouTube channel called Early Christian History.