Riter, Tim

PERSONAL:

Born in CA; married; wife's name Sheila (an author). Hobbies and other interests: Reading, cross-country motorcycle trips, trout fishing in mountain streams, driving his Mustang convertible with his family.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Temecula, CA. Office—Hope International University, 2500 E. Nutwood Ave., Fullerton, CA 92831.

CAREER:

Hope International University, Fullerton, CA, writing teacher; Linfield Christian School, Temecula, CA, writing teacher; Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, teacher of communications. Teacher of ministry and writing at Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference. Pastor of various churches for more than twenty years; has worked in real estate and truck driving.

MEMBER:

High Desert Christian Writers Guild

WRITINGS:

NONFICTION

Deep Down: Character Change through the Fruit of the Spirit, Tyndale House (Carol Stream, IL), 1995.

A Passionate Pursuit of God: How Knowing God Transforms Your Life, InterVarsity Press (Downers Grove, IL), 1999.

Twelve Lies You Hear about the Holy Spirit, Cook Communications (Colorado Springs, CO), 2004.

Twelve Lies You Hear in Church, Cook Communications (Colorado Springs, CO), 2004.

Strong Enough to Be a Man: Reclaiming God's Plan for Masculinity, Beacon Hill Press (Kansas City, MO), 2005.

Twelve Lies Wives Tell Their Husbands, Cook Communications (Colorado Springs, CO), 2005.

Twelve Lies Husbands Tell Their Wives, Cook Communications (Colorado Springs, CO), 2005.

Not a Safe God: Wrestling with the Difficult Teachings of Jesus, Broadman & Holman (Nashville, TN), 2006.

Contributor to periodicals, including Los Angeles Times, Christianity Today, Discipleship Journal, and Moody.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Library Journal, June 15, 2006, Naomi Hafter, review of Not a Safe God: Wrestling with the Difficult Teachings of Jesus, p. 76.

ONLINE

High Desert Christian Writers Guild,http://www.theology.edu/writers/ (July 25, 2007), biographical information about Tim Riter.

NPH.com,http://www.nph.com/ (July 25, 2007), biographical information about Tim Riter.