Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist; The Pleasures of God;
Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood(coeditor);A Hunger for
God: Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer; The Innkeeper; and Seeing
and Savoring Jesus Christ.Piper and his wife, Noël, live in Minneapolis
and have four sons, a daughter, and two grandchildren.
Dennis Raineyis cofounder and Executive Director of
FamilyLife and has published many books, including Moments Together
for Couples; Starting Your Marriage Right; One Home at a Time; Parenting
Today’s Adolescent; Preparing for Marriage; The New Building Your Mate’s
Self Esteem; The Tribute and the Promise; Ministering to Twenty-First
Century Families; and We Still Do. He is Senior Editor of the popular
HomeBuilders couples series. A graduate of Dallas Theological
Seminary, Rainey is the cohost of the award-winning nationally syn-
dicated “FamilyLife Today” radio program. He and his wife, Barbara,
are the parents of six children and have two grandchildren. They live
near Little Rock, Arkansas.
Stu Weberis pastor of Good Shepherd Community Church
near Gresham, Oregon. He is the father of three sons and an interna-
tional speaker and author of the popular Tender Warrior; Four Pillars of
a Man’s Heart; All the King’s Men; Along the Road to Manhood;and Spirit
Warriors.A former Green Beret, Weber was awarded three Bronze
Stars in Vietnam and today enjoys an active ministry to the U.S. mil-
itary community.
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