DEREK WILDER is the Executive Director of Lives Transforming Group, Inc., a Christian counseling ministry focused on personal transformation, and the author of Freedom: How Grace Transforms Your Life Now and Minds of Fire: What is Wrong with Our Thoughts and How to Fix It. Wilder has a Master of Theological Studies, a Master of Divinity in Pastoral Counseling, and a PhD student in Biblical Exposition. Wilder, an adjunct professor, founded Convergence Therapy, integrating cognitive therapy and grace-based theology into the accredited college course: “Thought Life & Spirit Growth.”