When I was a teenager I played guitar. Years after high school I met one individual who wanted to know if I was still playing guitar and I informed him I wasn’t. He replied “why not, you were great!” to which I replied “no, I really wasn’t that good.” To which he argued “yes you were, I heard you play!” What I was good at doing was make people believe I was great at guitar.

Now days that isn’t my style. For this reason doing job interviews is very hard for me because I have to put on an arrogant/cocky attitude which is dead opposite of my character now. I can’t simply say “yeah, I can do that” but rather I have to go on and on about how great I am at A, B, C & D.

To me, this is the hardest part to write. The things I write here are not to boast about me because everything should be how great our Lord is! Yes, God has given me some good skills and knowledge but God has given those to me, it’s not about me, it’s about how great my God is and how He gives me what I need.

I was raised Catholic. The last thing I did as a Catholic was confirmation, which had absolutely no meaning to me. I was just going through the motions. The best part about going to mass was that, usually, any combination of Kathy, Beth, and Mindy would be there. My mom suggested I talk with the priest. When he started getting really defencive about the questions I was asking I knew I was making the right decision. I finally stopped going to the Catholic church around the 9th grade.

In high school God started dealing with me about things, namely the end of the world (eschatology). Ironically the person I spoke with, John, was and still is a Jehovah’s Witness. This sparked my interest in God and His relationship with man. I quickly gravitated to the book of Revelation. I found Revelation to be a fascinating book. The Holy Spirit started dealing with me about Jesus (Yeshua) and accepting Him as my savior. I then got a girlfriend who was a Christian and I remember asking her of how to be “saved” since that was a buzz word that I heard a lot in Christian circles. She told me that I needed to accept Jesus as my savior and I remember saying “I’ve already done that” but I didn’t know what it was called. It was all Holy Spirit driven, how cool was that? I don’t know an exact date, I just know I did it. I figure that I was 17 years old when that happened so for me my new life started in 1981 and I haven’t looked back since.

As a new Christian I was excited about the changes God made in me and wanted to share it with everybody. Like any new Christian I really lacked tact so I drove everybody away that I knew but as the scriptures pointed out, I had to be willing to forsake all for Christ ( Luke 14:33 , Matt 19:29 ).

Another friend of mine, Chuck, was also into eschatology (the study of the end times) and demonology. He found a church that was teaching about demons, Holy Temple, and asked me to come out to check it out. After the service I stayed and talked with Pastor Wright. As we were talking I heard the Holy Spirit tell me “I want you to be discipled here.” I didn’t know what discipled was but I understood the “here” part so I made that my church home for the next couple years until the Holy Spirit moved me on.

One of my friends, Dan, became a Christian and called me and asked me what I knew about Mormonism. I told him “absolutely nothing” to which he told me to take a crash course because he had a couple Mormons coming by and wanted me to be there. Hence my introduction to the study of Mormonism in light of the scriptures.

In a like manner I started studying the teachings of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in light of the scriptures. From there God started bringing them to my doorstep and unlike most people who do everything they can to avoid them, I’m happy to have them come to my house!

I am a firm believer that everybody that calls themselves Christian should have the same attitude. There should be so many of us that look forward to having the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons come to our door, that when the person opening the door smiles and says “I’m so glad you came by” that they go “uh oh.”

There are many years of discipleship and learning about other religious groups. In that time I have learned many things but probably the most important being tact, that we can see all kinds of people saved ( 1 Cor 9:19-22 ).

In 2010 the Holy Spirit laid it on my heart to start studying the early Christian church, writings, and the evolution of theologies. With this came the study of linguistics so I would have a better understanding of how languages change and evolve. All of this brings us to Biblical Forensics.

Wow, made it through that pretty painlessly.