User:Robert J Garrison

'''Robert J. Garrison was born in 1975 in Killeen, Texas. Being of English, Welsh, Jewish, Cherokee, and Japanese dissent Robert was exposed to a lot of different cultures. At the age of 5 his mother and him moved to Riverside, California in 1980 and married Thomas Carney. Robert's mother being an excommunicated Catholic taught him that there was a God, but that it was up to him to find out the rest. What peaked Roberts interest in the Bible was a children story book of bible stories given to him when he was 9 by his grandmother.'''

'''At the age of 12 the family moved from the gang infested city of Riverside to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Being from a poor family Robert was often picked on for not wearing the newest clothes or shoes. He attributes his faith in God and his two friends Robert Olson and Josh Nienow for getting through those first 2 years living in Minnesota. Robert Olson suggested that Robert come and see a Baptist preacher that preached at the elementary school. It was then that Robert accepted Christ as savior and was baptized at the age of 14.'''

'''It was Robert's junior year at Roosevelt High School that he met Brian James Shanley after being put into the wrong English class. Later the error was noticed and Robert was transferred out weeks later. Within those few weeks Robert and Brian became friends. Through Brian, Robert was introduced to Justin C. Kidd. These Two friends would have an enormous impact in Robert's spiritual growth. It was also when Robert became of fan of reading. Robert was a fixture in the high school library. If people were looking for him they went there not to his classroom. It was at this time that Robert started studying theology, church history and Christian doctrine. In Robert's senior year his mother passed away suddenly. This had a huge impact on Robert and the way he saw the world. Battling a deep depression, Robert dropped out of high school, but later got his G.E.D.'''

'''After high school Robert attended Twin Cities Bible Institute at Fourth Baptist Church in Plymouth, MN with Justin C. Kidd and Brian Shanley, who both went on to become ministers. Studying under teachers such as Jim Hunter and Bob Hazard for a year Robert stop going to help take care of his grandmother who had Alzheimer's and then later his step dad who had colon cancer.'''

'''Robert attended Minneapolis Community and Technical College for two years. In 2004 Robert ran for Minnesota House of Representatives. It was during this time in 2004 that Robert met his wife Beverley Biddinger in Baltimore, MD. Robert is married to Beverley Garrison, has two step kids and one soon to be grand child. After an 8 years of self imposed exile Robert returned to the Christian scene in 2009 helping Brian James Shanley with his Christian talk show Ground Zero. Robert is also planning to start his own Christian talk show called Are We There Yet? He is also starting his own ministry called Maranatha Bible Ministries. Robert never really having a home church, decided in 2010 to make Bethlehem Baptist Church his home church.'''

Some of Robert's favorite movies are Braveheart, Seven, Exodus, Ben Hur, The Greatest Story Ever Told, King of Kings, JFK, Holocaust, Indiana Jones movies, An Affair To Remember, any John Wayne movie, and any Clint Eastwood movie.

Robert is a Judeo-Christian and adheres to a reformed Baptist theology. Robert's major Christian theological influences are John Calvin, John Piper, Charles C. Ryrie, David Hunt, Jim Hunter, Hank Hanegraaff, Isaac Newton, Charles Spurgeon, Norman Geisler, R. C. Sproul, Billy Graham, Josh McDowell, and Charles Stanley.