Hi! I'm Christel Anthony
and I'm a wife, mom, and teacher who is passionate about Jesus and coffee!
My passion for God's word and apologetics started around the dinner table where my dad would share what he had read in the Bible that day during his lunch break. There I learned that the Bible was more than just the set of Sunday School stories that I had already memorized. As my parents grew in their own faith and shared what they learned with us, I was encouraged to start sharing truth from a Biblical Worldview in my public school setting, and eagerly ate up any information that came my way from "Big Questions."
I eventually did youth ministry for 8.5 years, knowing that students not only needed adults in their lives who would walk with them as they became the men and women God had designed them to be, as well as teaching them that learning about God was more than just knowing the "answers"--they needed to know WHY. I promised myself that one day I'd get back into apologetics when I "grew up." Although eventually I left full-time ministry to teach high school English, I never lost my passion for studying the Bible and knowing how to answer those who challenged the validity of Christianity.
Well . . . now that I REALLY AM a "grown-up" and my own children are a little older now and asking their own "Big Questions," it's time to get back into sharing God's word with others and using the gifts God has given me to teach and build relationships with others in and outside of Christianity.
If you are here, you might be like me: Not as confident to evangelize on the street or sit at a table and field questions from strangers, but you find yourself in everyday situations where its necessary to defend your faith or be able to give an answer to why you follow Jesus the way you do. You might be an unexpected confidant for someone who is looking for answers---and you need to know where to look for that information.
That's what Caffeinated Truth Apologetics is all about: helping the every day Christian know how to "Defend the Truth . . . One Cup at A Time" in day-to-day conversations (with lots of coffee in hand).