Jim Scott Orrick (PhD, Ohio University) is the preaching pastor at Bullitt Lick Baptist Church, near Shepherdsville, Kentucky. He has been preaching since 1978. He is also a college professor, having taught at several colleges and universities and currently adjunct faculty at the Institute of Public Theology. He is the author of several books, including Seven thoughts Every Christian Ought to Think Every Day, and Mere Calvinism. He composed the music for both The Baptist Catechism Set to Music, and The Catechism for Boys and Girls Set to Music. He is an avid outdoorsman, and he has been a beekeeper for most of his life. He and his wife, Carol, are the parents of six grown daughters.