About Northeast Christian Apologetics
Northeast Christian Apologetics (NECA) is a ministry born out of a deep desire to equip citizens of the Kingdom of God with the tools they need to persevere through life’s trials—both external challenges and internal battles of the heart and mind.
I was raised in a Christian home, regularly attending church and Wednesday night kids’ services. So I had that foundational Christian grounding, but I never really thought deeply about it. I wasn’t exposed to alternative worldviews or serious challenges to my faith—until I joined the Navy.
That’s when the questions started.
I managed to hold onto my faith—barely—for a while, but eventually I called myself an atheist. That transition wasn’t easy. I remember pacing around my watch station on the submarine, repeating to myself, “I am an atheist. I am an atheist.”
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Even then, I felt like I was losing a part of myself. Oddly, those chants seemed to bring me closer to God—not because He was leaving me, but because I could feel Him holding on as I walked away. It was like a final, sorrowful embrace from someone who still loved me deeply. There was even a sense of relief—but I later realized that relief came from silencing the conscience that reminded me I was walking in the wrong direction.
Eventually, I met a woman—now my wife—who gently started bringing God back into the conversation. I didn’t tell her I was an atheist at first, but I could still talk about Christianity because I remembered a lot from my upbringing. When she figured it out, she invited me to a young adult ministry. The community there felt like home. I softened, but she wanted more for me. She gave me what I now call “Saschia’s Ultimatum”:
“You need to love God more than you love me, or this isn’t going to work.”
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That hit me hard—and it was exactly what I needed. I started seriously investigating Christianity. I discovered Ravi Zacharias, then John Lennox, and finally William Lane Craig (WLC). At first, I found WLC abrasive, but I couldn’t ignore the strength of his arguments. He had answers when others didn’t. Even when his opponents seemed strong, his replies left their arguments hollow.
By the time I was deep into WLC’s work, I realized I was already a Christian again. I could feel God’s love once more—and I embraced it. I became insatiably hungry for the things of God—apologetics, theology, Scripture, Church history, everything. I was the prodigal son, home again. I married the woman who helped reconnect me with God, and I started a small apologetics class at my church to share what I was learning.
Things were going well—until they weren’t.
My job as a leader in nuclear chemistry became all-consuming. I neglected my responsibilities at home as a husband and father. I stopped reading the Bible, stopped praying, stopped listening to Christian music, and stopped carrying the little Bible I’d kept in my pocket for six years.
And then I had an affair.
That decision unraveled everything. My wife kicked me out. Right and wrong blurred. I once again found myself spiritually destitute. But this time, I never doubted God’s existence. Even at my lowest, I knew He was there. I knew I couldn’t save myself, but I also knew He had a reason for allowing me to walk through that darkness.
Eventually, I quit my job to focus on healing myself and restoring my family. I spent months in prayer, relying on God while living out of my car. It was painful, humbling, and necessary. And through it all, God met me. He restored me.
This ministry was born out of that healing.
NECA exists because I know—personally—that God can take someone broken and make them useful again. I want to help others grow in their faith, even when they feel like God is far away. I want to pass on the tools that sustained me through doubt, sin, failure, and the long road back to hope and restoration.
If you’ll allow me, I would be honored to serve the body of Christ and walk alongside others who are seeking, stumbling, returning, or simply wanting to go deeper in their faith.
God didn’t abandon me, even when I gave Him every reason to. And I know He won’t abandon you either.
P.S. In 2021, my wife forgave me. By God’s grace, our relationship is stronger than ever. He truly is good. He truly canmove mountains.
