HELLO. I’M RICH WAGNER.I am the author of The Expeditionary Man (June 2008), The Myth of Happiness, and The Gospel Unplugged. I have written three For Dummies books with the goal of making biblical truth easily accessible for modern-day readers. These books include Christianity For Dummies, C.S. Lewis & Narnia For Dummies, and Christian Prayer For Dummies. I have been an occasional guest on Christian radio programs across the country discussing C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, prayer, discipleship, and Christian music. I am an avid “student” of the writings of three greats—C.S. Lewis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Oswald Chambers.You can email me at:

A Homeschooling Life
I have three teenage boys (ages 16, 14, and 13). My wife and I have been homeschooling them for over a decade now. Now that I am writing at home, we have begun to team up as teachers. I take history, logic, literature, and theology - and she handles the rest. It’s a definite challenge (since I can’t start my workday until after morning classes), but I wouldn’t trade the experience for the world.

The Geek In Me
Yes, I do have a techie side of me. Before I was a full-time author of Christian books, I worked for years in the high tech arena. I was formerly V.P. of Product Development at NetObjects, an Internet software company, as well as inventor of NetObjects ScriptBuilder, an award-winning software tool. While I left the field, I still keep up on technology. In between writing Christian books, I design web sites and occasionally author technology books as well. Titles include Building Facebook Applications For Dummies, Professional iPhone and iPod touch Programming, Creating Web Pages All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, Web Design Before & After Makeovers, Yahoo! SiteBuilder For Dummies, XSLT For Dummies, XML All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies, WordPerfect 11 For Dummies, and WordPerfect 12 For Dummies.

Church Affiliation
My family and I attend a non-denominational, Bible-believing church called Heritage Bible Chapel in Princeton, MA.

What I Believe

• The Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God, without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men and the Divine and final authority for Christian faith and life.
• In one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
• That Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross, a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. Further, He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He is now our High Priest and Advocate.
• That the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and, during this age, to convict men, regenerate the believing sinner, and indwell, guide, instruct and empower the believer for godly living and service.
• That man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is, therefore, lost, and only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be obtained.
• That the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe, and only such as receive Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit and, thus become children of God.
• That water baptism and the Lord’s Supper are ordinances to be observed by the Church during the present age. They are, however, not to be regarded as means of salvation.