True Value at a Bargain Price
by Dan Schaeffer
Hometown:
Solvang, CA
Place of Birth:
Torrance, CA
Church Affiliation:
Evangelical Free Church of America. Currently attending Valley Christian Fellowship in Solvang, CA.
Number of Years Writing:
10
List of Other Publications and Year Published:

"Giving a Welcome That Lasts" Light and Life magazine, July/August 2003
"Parenting Outside Your Comfort Zone" Light and Life magazine, November/December 2002
"A Debt of Honor" Light and Life magazine, July/August 2002
"Pray With Your Eyes Open" Light and Life magazine, January/February 2002

Dan's newest book: Faking Church: The Subtle Defection (Barbour Books) will be out February 2004.
Other books and articles:
In Search of the Real Christmas Spirit
(Discovery House Publishers, Fall 2003)
Dancing With A Shadow: Making Sense of God's Silence
(Discovery House Publishers, 1995)
The Bush Won't Burn and I'm All Out of Matches (Discovery House Publishers, 1995)
Defining Moments: When Temptation and Opportunity Merge (Discovery House Publishers, 2000)
The Six Miracles of Calvary (Discovery House Publishers, January 2002) *This is a rewrite of a book by William Nicholson, 1880.
Why I Wear A Plastic Dinosaur: The Heart of a Passionate Father (Horizon Publications, January 2002).

I write on assignment for Moody Magazine, Plain Truth, HomeLife, The Lookout, The Standard, The Evangelical Beacon, Pursuit Magazine, and Journey Communications. I have been published in almost every Christian (evangelical) magazine. I have written dozens of articles over the last 10 years and been published in Reader's Digest and A 3rd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Education:
High School Diploma (Rolling Hills High School, Rolling Hills Estates, Ca., 1976).
Bachelors in Bible (Grace Bible Institute in Long Beach, Ca. 1983)
Masters of Divinity (Talbot School of Theology, Biola University 1986).
Employment:
Full time Christian author and free lance writer
Family:
I have been married for 19 years to my wife, Annette, and have three children, Christi (16), Andrew (14), and Katie (12).