Gary DeMar grew up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Western Michigan University (1973) and earned his M.Div. at Reformed Theological Seminary in 1979. He earned his Ph.D. in Christian Intellectual History from Whitefield Theological Seminary in 2007. Gary has lived in the Atlanta area since 1979 with his wife Carol. They have two grown sons. Gary and Carol are members of Midway Presbyterian Church (PCA).

Gary is the host of two nationally syndicated radio shows: History Unwrapped–a 60-second vignette heard on more than 300 stations and The Gary DeMar Show-heard every Saturday in several major markets including Sirius Satellite Radio.

Gary is also a prolific writer,having authored over twenty books covering a full range of topics:

• The three-volume God and Government series (1982-86)
• Ruler of the Nations (1987, 2002)
• The Reduction of Christianity (1988)
• Surviving College Successfully (1988)
• Something Greater Is Here (1988)
• You’ve Heard It Said (1991)
• America’s Christian History: The Untold Story (1993)
• War of the Worldviews (1994)
• Last Days Madness (4th ed., 1999)
• Is Jesus Coming Soon? (1999-2006)
• Thinking Straight in a Crooked World (2001)
• End Times Fiction: A Biblical Consideration of the Left Behind Theology (2001)
• The Changing Face of Islam in History and Prophecy (2002)
• America’s Heritage (2002)
• The Early Church and the End of the World (2005)

He is also the general editor and co-author of A New World in View (1996), Reformation to Colonization (1997), and On the Road to Independence (2006), the first three volumes in the To Pledge Allegiance history textbook series.

Gary has been interviewed by Time magazine, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, the BBC, and Sean Hannity. He has done numerous radio and television interviews, including the “Bible Answer Man,” hosted by Hank Hanegraaff. Newspaper interviews with Gary have also appeared in the Washington Times, Toledo (Ohio) Blade, the Sacramento Bee, the Atlanta Journal/Constitution, and the Chicago Tribune.