James B. Jordan was born in 1949. His father was a professor of French Literature and his mother a piano teacher and a poet. He served as a Military Historian in the US Air Force for four years. He began seminary training at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, MS, and graduated with an M.A.R. and a Th.

M. from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, majoring in Systematic Theology. In 1987 he founded Biblical Horizons, presently located in Niceville, FL. Beginning in 1999, Jordan served part time as Professor of Biblical Studies at the Reformed Theological Seminary of St. Petersburg, Russia. He is author of more than a dozen books, including From Bread to Wine: Creation, Worship and Christian Maturity, Christendom and the Nations as well as The Handwriting on the Wall: A Commentary on Daniel, as well as scores of monographs and short essays.