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Tim Challies is a web designer by trade. Although he is not involved in vocational ministry, his blog has proved to impact and to minister to a large section of the evangelical world. Tim graduated with a degree in history from McMaster University, and soon thereafter moved from being an aspiring historian to a web designer and founded Websonix. Tim also manages The Discerning Reader, a wonderful collection of reviews, reading lists, and other information about Christian music and literature. The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment, Tim’s first book, is scheduled to be published by Crossway in early 2008. Commonly known as “The World’s Most Famous Christian Blogger,” Tim’s influence is a great success story of how one has used the medium of blogging for the glory of God.
Justin Taylor is the ESV Bible Project Manager and associate publisher for Crossway Books in Wheaton, IL. Prior to that, he served for five years as the theology director and executive editor at Desiring God Ministries in Minneapolis. Taylor has a B.A. in the study of Religion from the University of Northern Iowa, and is an M.A.R. candidate at Reformed Theological Seminary. He has co-edited and contributed to several books, including Beyond the Bounds, Reclaiming the Center, Sex and the Supremacy of Christ, A God-Entranced Vision of All Things, Suffering and the Sovereignty of God, Overcoming Sin and Temptation, Communion with the Triune God, and The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World. Justin lives with his wife and two young children outside of Wheaton. He enjoys reading, blogging, and spending time with his family. He operates johnowen.org, a website dedicated to the life and works of John Owen. His blog, Between Two Worlds, is a mix of theology, philosophy, politics, and culture, and is one of the most widely read blogs in the blogosphere. Justin also blogs at Reformation 21 and Humble Orthodoxy (New Attitude).
Phil Johnson is Executive Director of Grace to You, a Christian tape and radio ministry featuring the preaching ministry of John MacArthur. Phil has been closely associated with John MacArthur since 1981 and edits most of MacArthur’s major books. Phil also pastors a group of 500 adults collectively known as GraceLife at Grace Community Church in
Thabiti Anyabwile is the full-time husband to a loving wife, Kristie, and father to two adorable daughters, Afiya and Eden. He began serving as senior pastor at First Baptist Church in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands in August 2006, and worked previously as an assistant pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church and elder at Church on the Rock (Raleigh, NC). Thabiti holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in psychology from North Carolina State University. Thabiti is the author of The Faithful Preacher: Recapturing the Vision of Three Pioneering African-American Pastors and The Decline of African American Theology: From Biblical Faith to Cultural Accomodation. A former high school basketball coach and bookstore owner, Thabiti loves preaching, reading, sports, and watching sci-fi films. You can find Thabiti blogging in a number of places, including his blog Pure Church, Church Matters (IX Marks), and Humble Orthodoxy (New Attitude).
Abraham Piper is the Web Content Editor at Desiring God. He is very fortunate to be able to work from home so he can see so much of his wife and son while he edits and writes for the DG blog, which he, along with others at DG, began just over a year ago. Before working for DG he tried to finish college and didn’t make it. He has since convinced a reputable institution of higher learning to give him a degree in literature and is happy to point out that it only took 11 years and 5 colleges to finally get. He puts this extensive education to work chatting about novels and anagrams and continually trying to develop the DG blog into the most helpful and Christ-exalting blog it can be. Besides blogging for DG, he has begun regularly testing the value of extreme brevity at his brand new blog, 22 Words.