Lessons from the Wrestling Mat

In this episode, we welcome Jeff Elbert to the studio. He is a former member of the Hoover Crips gang but is now a high school math teacher and wrestling coach. In this interview, we discuss how he ended up joining a gang even though he grew up in a home with both his mother and father and went to church, his addiction to drugs, entering the Army out of fear for his life, why he was dishonorably discharged from the military, how a chance encounter with a highway patrolman led to him challenging God, when he received Christ as Lord, how he decided to pursue a career in teaching, the impact he is now having on at-risk teens because of his past, and much more. Let’s get into it…

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