Life is a journey and mine has been filled with excitement and unplanned turns in the road. Through the ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, God opened my eyes to see the truth.
Two years later I sensed God calling me into full-time ministry. Later, I became the minister of adult education. Having a burden for the lost, I established a school of evangelism that resulted in an average of twelve people coming to Christ every week. I pursued my first doctorate not knowing it would lead to a teaching position at Talbot School of Theology. I left the pastorate with a burden for people who were living defeated lives. Being alive and free in Christ is the birthright of every child of God, but how many Christians are living like children of God and how many are experiencing their freedom in Christ?
At Talbot School of Theology I requested permission to offer a Master of Theology elective to explore the nature of spiritual warfare. I was seeking a balanced and biblical answer for these troubled people.
The class grew each year from 18 students to 23, to 35, to 65, to , and then one summer we had students attend. Slowly I discovered how the truth could set people free, and I saw the lives of many students change dramatically. At the same time, the Lord was sending deeply disturbed people to me, and I had the privilege to see most of them find their freedom in Christ. About that time, the Lord took my family through a very broken experience.
To pay the medical bills we had to sell the house and lost everything we had. God stripped us down to nothing. My ministry was bearing much fruit, but my family was paying an incredible price. It all changed one day when Biola University had a campus-wide day of prayer.
