I'm just a guy.
I was a quiet, introverted kid. Conversations seemed slow. Movies moved at somebody else's pace. Reading was different: I could move quickly, slow down, stop, think, or go back. Books let me learn at the speed my mind wanted to travel.
When I received my first Bible, I read it from cover to cover and finished with one overwhelming response: Huh. What now? I had read every page, but I did not understand how the whole thing fit together. I dislike that feeling, so I began learning how to read the Bible rather than merely moving my eyes across it.
I studied widely, from C. S. Lewis to contemporary scholars and teachers across traditions. At first, when Christians disagreed, my reaction was simple: somebody had to be right. If truth is real, then a conclusion either corresponds to it or it does not. Over time, the more interesting question became not merely what someone believed, but why.
My education included information technology, cyber criminology, computer forensics, and criminal psychology. My career eventually led into manufacturing leadership. Those fields look unrelated until you notice the common habit: follow the evidence, understand the process, and ask how we got here.
I am not trying to become anyone's only source. Read scholars with doctorates. Read people who disagree with me. Read both. My goal is to walk through the reasoning carefully enough that you can check the work for yourself.
What I hope readers remember
I hope someone closes one of my books and says, “I had to stop and think for a little bit—and that guy was kind of funny sometimes.” Serious questions deserve serious attention, but serious does not have to mean lifeless.
Outside writing, a perfect day is simple: the dogs have finally decided to calm down, and I get to lie in bed and talk with my wife, Erika. I hope I am remembered as intelligent, funny, and as a man who loved his wife with every fiber of his being.