Bio.

Husband to a beautiful bride that I do not deserve. Father of three wonderful children that God uses to show me His love daily. California native now living in the great state of Texas. “Part time” digital marketing professional; full time believer in and follower of Christ Jesus.

My Testimony.

I have done “religion” (not undefiled – James 1:27) my entire life. I went to church, served in various positions and consistently tithed yet there was never truly peace within. I lived in willful sin around the clock and sat in church as though all is well. Slowly things began to change as conviction it me harder and the euphoric feeling of sinning was no longer satisfying. One day I truly began to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ and the soil of my heart truly began to become fertile. I changed my surroundings and stayed in the midst of other men that had a desire to live a Biblical lifestyle. The baggage of guilt and shame were laid at the cross during many small group meetings and that soil began to sprout new life.

On one quiet night, I sat alone and reflected over my life. I reflected over the many times where I should have died based on my choices, destroyed my marriage based on my choices, lost my children, career and even my freedom based on my choices….and at that moment I came to truly understand the mercy and grace of God. At that moment I truly understood that repentance is not because the action is inherently bad but because God’s grace and mercy for a wretched being like myself has time and time again proven to be overwhelmingly good. In that moment, with tears in my eyes, I felt the Holy Spirit come over me and my desires changed, my thought process changed and at that moment I was truly born again and that old man was gone.

My Focus.

The way we view the world begins and ends with our view of morality i.e. our understanding of right and wrong; justice. There are two ways that we can view morality – 1) through the lens of evolution or 2) through the lens of Scripture. The former must deny reality in attempt to prove it’s points while the latter speaks to the issues of man’s heart…sin.

Sin has entered the hearts of all man and sin serves as the dirty lens that we look through that make it unable for us to see the world rightly and that includes enacting true justice. By God’s grace alone, He gives those that He has chosen a new heart that sees Him and the world rightly. As He cleans us up from the inside out, we gain the focus and understanding of Truth and in that we truly understand and experience freedom.