I'm a Christian author (Courage to Stand: Profiles of Enduring Faith, Conflicted: Pulling Back the Curtain on Public Education) and host of The State of State Schools Podcast; I also create online courses for homeschoolers (Master Books Academy). I was homeschooled for about half of my K-12 education before I worked as a teacher and a coach for 13 years in both public and private schools. My homeschool background, coupled with my experience teaching in the nation’s third largest public school system, provide a unique perspective on education that parents and teachers will want to hear.
My wife Jenna is an attorney and I love to brag that she was the Valedictorian of her class in Law School! We live in Wheaton, Illinois with our son Teddy and our dog Kirby. Outside of my salvation, being with Jenna and raising our son has been the highlight of my life.
I left my teaching career after working for Chicago Public Schools in 2020-2021. During that year (the year of Covid lockdowns) I witnessed radical ideologies being promoted in mandatory teacher training—things like Critical Race Theory, Gender Ideology, and Parental Secrecy Policies (which hide gender transitions from parents, for example). These ideologies shaped school policies and practices which I was expected to implement in my classroom with students as young as 5 years old. This was an eye-opening experience for me, as I’d never witnessed anything so blatantly radical and ideologically driven in my teaching career. My heart breaks for the children who are stuck in a school system that’s brainwashing them to hate God, America’s traditional Christian values, and even their own parents.
As I continue to learn more each day about the history of America’s public school system—a topic I knew very little about during my years as a public school teacher—my goal is to share what I learn with parents, churches, and homeschool families. I never thought I’d become an author or host a podcast, but I’m thrilled to be on the path God has placed in front of me. I’m committed to the work of 1) rescuing families from our humanist government school system and 2) sharing resources that will help parents provide their children with a Christian education and a biblical worldview.
WHAT I BELIEVE
The Bible is the inspired and only infallible and authoritative written Word of God.
(Ps. 119; Mat. 4:4; Lk. 24:27)
There is one God, eternally co-existent in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
(I Jn.5:7)
In the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His Virgin Birth, in His Sinless Life, in His Miracles, in His Vicarious and atoning Death, in His Bodily Resurrection, in His Ascension to the Right Hand of the Father, in His personal future return to this Earth in Power and Glory to rule a thousand years.
(Jn.1:1-4; Eph.2:13-18; Rev.Chpts.19-20)
In the Blessed Hope - the Rapture of the Church at Christ's Coming.
(I Thess.4:13-18)
The only means of being cleansed from sin is through Repentance and Faith in the Precious Blood of Christ.
(Rom.5:1; Eph.2:8-9, 13-18)
Regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal Salvation.
(Jn.3:5-8; Titus 3:5)
The Redemptive Work of Christ on the Cross provides healing of the human body in answer to believing prayer.
(Ex.15:25-26; James 5:14-15; I Pet.2:24)
The Baptism with the Holy Spirit, according to Acts 2:4, is given to Believers who ask for it.
(Acts 2:4; 10:44-46; 19:1-7)
In the Sanctifying Power of the Holy Spirit by who’s indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a holy life.
(Rom.6:3-14; 8:1-2, 11)
In the Resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to Everlasting Life and the other to everlasting damnation.
(Rev.20:5-6, 11-15)