Roland Ziegler serves as Assistant Professor for Systematic Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary. He is a native of Germany. Born in the state of Baden-Württemberg, he studied at the Universities of Tübingen, Erlangen, and at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Oberursel. During his studies, he joined the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church. A scholarship enabled him to study as an exchange student at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne. After finishing his studies, he served as a teaching assistant at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Oberursel, a vicar in Berlin, and a pastor in Konstanz. Currently, he is finishing his Doctor of Theology degree at the Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen. His special interests are prolegomena, the doctrine of justification, and Luther research.