Russel D. Fox spent twenty-five years in the car business before God called him to vocational ministry. He completed a double-major undergraduate degree in pastoral ministry and Christian studies before earning an advanced Master of Divinity and a Doctor of Ministry in biblical counseling from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He hosts a podcast titled "Let's Open the Bible," speaks at conferences, writes, and pastors a church in the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina.