Here is a brief bio sketch of Phil:

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 Sun Valley, CA . He stated blogging on a whim in June 2005 and can’t stop. His blog, PyroManiacs, features two first-rate co-authors, Dan Phillips and Frank Turk, plus Phil’s nearly-mute sidekick, Pecadillo. Elsewhere on the World Wide Web, Phil is best known as the curator of The Spurgeon Archive and The Hall of Church History.

The “Panel” page provides this short bio sketch of Abraham:

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. esides blogging for DG, he has begun regularly testing the value of extreme brevity at his brand new blog, 22 Words.

Together with Tim, Justin, and Thabiti, Abraham offers a unique perspective on blogging, ministry, and how the gospel drives our content and determines how we respond to others (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5). Please join me in welcoming him to this years Band of Bloggers panel, and I look forward to the discussion we will have on “The Gospel Trust!”