In his own words…By God’s grace I yielded my life to Christ when I was 8. By God’s grace, I walk in Christ now. More gifts of God’s grace to me are my wife (Tara) and our three children (Arabella – 6, Adalaide – 2, and Adoniram – 1). An additional gift of grace is the congregation I’ve served as pastor for 5 years – CrossPoint Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, LA. Beyond these, it’s important for you to know: 1) I’m committed to Biblical exposition 2) I’m committed to both local and global disciple-making 3) I can hum and beatbox 4) I still remember the cheat code to Contra 5) I have a Ph.D. If you want to know more then I have a blog: contendingforchrist.blogspot.com and I tweet @landondowden. Our church website is http://www.crosspointchurch.org.