Ryan Pauly graduated in 2010 with a B.A. of Religion and an emphasis in Youth Leadership from Vanguard University in Southern California. After graduating he became a missionary in the Dominican Republic. During his four years of living in the Dominican Republic; he taught youth 12-18 English, Worldview, Apologetics, and Leadership. Ryan moved back to Southern California in 2015 and started teaching Historical Christian Doctrine, Apologetics, and Comparative Worldviews at a Southern California Christian high school. Along with teaching, Ryan is currently working on his M.A. of Christian Apologetics at Biola University and an Advanced Certificate in Science Apologetics from the Reasons Institute. The goal of Coffeehouse Questions is to answer questions relating to Christianity, ethics, and religion that would come up in a conversation over a nice cup of coffee. If you have a question for Ryan about Christianity, email questions@coffeehousequestions.com or use #AskRyanP on Twitter. Your question may be the topic of a future blog post or podcast.