Adam Terrell was raised in a Christian home where his father faithfully taught him the Bible for one to two hours daily, plus church on Sunday and Wednesday night Bible studies. He thought this was normal. In the course of reading the Bible, he encountered all sorts of laws \u2014 some that made perfect sense and are widely practiced today. But there would always be ones that didn\u2019t make sense, sounded foreign, no one practiced, and weren\u2019t discussed as much. Since there was no one to model many of these laws for him, he assumed there was some reason no one obeyed them anymore.

In his mid-20s, Adam started work in media documenting law enforcement. A co-worker asked what he was reading one day, and when Adam shared what he was learning from an economic commentary on the Bible, the co-worker looked at him like a deer in the headlights. That was a defining moment. Adam realized how neglected the Bible was in government. He\u2019s gotten the same reaction from Christian leaders \u2014 Christians often see government work as \u201cdirty,\u201d while government workers acknowledge they lack an ultimate framework for right and wrong.

Over the next decade, Adam began raising local awareness and support for privately funded programs to give local counties alternatives to incarceration for offenders they agree would best not be handled by the court. He also worked in the TV and film industry \u2014 including on the COPS television show \u2014 documenting law enforcement, government, and public healthcare. Today, through his book, podcast, and nonprofit work with The Joshua House, Inc., Adam continues building practical infrastructure for Biblical alternatives to prison.