CBA bestselling author -- This revolutionary message based on Ephesians cracks the communication code between husband and wife.An in-depth study of why your communication styles are not wrong, just different! Finally an answer for the number one problem in marriages -- communication! This in-depth study of the vital principles of cross-gender communication helps couples recognize they speak two different languages. They are sending each other messages in "code" but won't be able to crack that code until they realize that she listens to hear the language of love and he listens for respect. Most advice on this subject fails to understand that husbands and wives are wired very differently, and when those wires get crossed, the communication sparks can fly! Dr. Eggerichs' bestselling book, Love and Respect, launched a revolution in how couples relate to each other. In The Language of Love and Respect he shares how that message can be applied.Dr. Emerson Eggerichs and his wife Sarah travel the country conducting the Love and Respect marriage conferences.

Before launching Love and Respect Ministries, Emerson was senior pastor of Trinity Church in East Lansing, Michigan, for nearly 20 years. Emerson received his B.A. in Biblical Studies and M.A. in Communications from Wheaton College and Graduate School. He was later awarded a Master of Divinity degree from Dubuque Seminary, and a Ph.D.

in Child and Family Ecology from Michigan State University. Married since 1973, he and Sarah have three adult children. He is the president of Love and Respect Ministries and author of the bestselling book Love and Respect.