Join our host, Kerby Anderson as he brings biblical insight to today’s world. During the first hour he will talk with Rep. Van Taylor. In the second hour Kerby welcomes Stephen Wilson. Stephen is the prison campuses pastor for Gateway Church Prison Ministry. Kerby’s next guest today is Hillary Ferrer. Hillary has a new book: Mama Bear Apologetics.
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On 9-11 Van swore to always serve and make a difference.
Van deployed to Iraq where he fought with 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company. For his service in Iraq, the Marine Corps awarded Captain Taylor the Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation, and the Navy Commendation Medal with “V” for valor.
Van and his wife, Anne, married after his return from Iraq and are the proud parents of three young girls: Laura, Helen, and Susie.
From April 2010 to January 2015, Van Taylor represented District 66 in the Texas House of Representatives. From January 13, 2015 – January 3, 2019, Taylor served as a Member of the Texas Senate, representing the Eighth Senate District of Texas. On January 3, 2019, Van Taylor was sworn in as a Member of the United States Congress, representing Texas Third Congressional District.
Congressman Van Taylor is proud to serve on two influential House Committees in the 116th Congress: the Committee on Homeland Security, specifically, the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation (CIPI) and the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management and Accountability (OMA) and the House Committee on Education, where he serves on the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education and the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Today, Van, his wife, and their three daughters reside in Plano near the land Van’s great-grandfather farmed during the Great Depression.
Prior to coming on staff at Gateway, Stephen served as the founding pastor of G3 Prison Ministries. Through G3, Stephen, and his wife, Celeste, were missionaries who led outreach events into prisons in partnership with every Gateway campus and Gateway Global Ministries.
Although Stephen was raised in a Christian home and baptized as a child, he did not submit his will to God until he was 33 years old. After having a “Damascus Road” experience that changed his life, Stephen confessed to a past crime and was sent to prison. When he was released from prison, Stephen went back to school and earned his master’s degree from Liberty University. He was recently accepted to The King’s University where he plans to pursue his doctor of ministry degree.
Stephen and Celeste have been married since 2007. They have a blended family of four sons, one daughter, and three dogs.
Mama Bear Apologetics™ is the book you’ve been looking for. This mom-to-mom guide will equip you to teach your kids how to form their own biblical beliefs about what is true and what is false. Through transparent life stories and clear, practical applications—including prayer strategies—this band of Mama Bears offers you tools to train yourself, so you can turn around and train your kids.
Are you ready to answer the rallying cry, “Mess with our kids and we will demolish your arguments”? Join the Mama Bears and raise your voice to protect your kids—by teaching them how to think through and address the issues head-on, yet with gentleness and respect.