Senator Bryan Hughes is serving his first term in the Texas Senate, representing the 16 counties of Senate District One in Northeast Texas. Prior, he represented District Five in the Texas House of Representatives for seven terms, from 2003 to 2017.
Born and raised in East Texas, Bryan attended Tyler Junior College and the University of Texas at Tyler, receiving his BBA in Economics, cum laude, in 1992. He went on to Baylor University School of Law, where he received his law degree in 1995. Bryan then served as law clerk to US District Judge William Steger of Tyler from 1995-1997.
He has received numerous awards for his work in the Legislature, including the Taxpayer Champion Award from Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, the Horizon Award from Texas Right to Life, and “Defender of the American Dream” from Americans for Prosperity. In 2011, Texas Right to Life named Bryan Hughes the Pro-Life Whip of the Texas House. Bryan was also the first member of his family to receive a Bachelor’s degree.
As a small businessman, he knows about hard work and the value of a dollar. Bryan is a leader in his church, a Red Cross disaster relief volunteer, and is active in civic and community organizations.

J. Warner Wallace is a cold-case homicide detective, adjunct professor of apologetics at Biola University, Christian case maker and author. J. Warner was a conscientious and vocal atheist through his undergraduate and graduate work in Design and Architecture (CSULB and UCLA); he always considered himself to be an “evidentialist”. His experience in law enforcement only served to strengthen his conviction that truth is tied directly to evidence. But at the age of thirty-five, J. Warner took a serious and expansive look at the evidence for the Christian Worldview and determined that Christianity was demonstrably true. After becoming a Christ follower in 1996, Jim continued to take an evidential approach to truth as he examined the Christian worldview. He eventually earned a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary.

J. Warner served as a Youth Pastor for several years, then planted a church in 2006. Along the way, he created and built the Cold-Case Christianity website, blog and podcast as a place to post and talk about what he discovered related to the evidence supporting Christianity. Jim has appeared on television and radio, explaining the role that evidence plays in the Christian definition of “faith” and defending the historicity of Jesus, the reliability of the Bible and the truth of the Christian worldview. Jim also speaks at churches, retreats and camps as he seeks to help people become confident Christian case makers.

Dr. Christian Overman is the Founding Director of Worldview Matters, www.biblicalworldview.com, an educational service organization dedicated to helping followers of Christ recover from secularized thought.

As an educator, Christian has taught school at the elementary, secondary and college levels. For fourteen years, he served as the principal of a Christian school. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Washington, from which he holds two bachelor’s degrees (Music and German Language/Literature). He also holds a Masters of Education degree from Seattle Pacific University, with an emphasis on the Philosophy of Christian Education, and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Bakke Graduate University, with an emphasis on Theology of Work. He is also a commissioned Centurion, studying under Chuck Colson.

Since founding Worldview Matters in 2000, Dr. Overman has taught courses in biblical worldview to audiences throughout the United States, as well as in Central America, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

He is the author of Assumptions That Affect Our Lives, The Lost Purpose for Learning, and God’s Pleasure At Work.

Christian and his wife, Kathy, have been married since 1970. They have four adult children and twelve grandchildren. They reside near Seattle, Washington, USA.