Matthew Davis:  

Life Hey... Its been a while since high school. Those were definitely some turbulent years for me. I was expelled from Whippany Park after 6 months. Next, I spent a couple of years in special-ed school (Lafayette Learning Center) in Morristown. At the age of 17, after an LSD overdose, I was picked up by the police and court-ordered to got rehab. I decide to quit drugs and my behavior and outlook changed accordingly. For my Senior year, I was permitted to return to the normal school system except this time to Hanover Park rather than Whippany Park. Things went downhill. I got back into drugs and then attempted suicide. I did manage to graduate with the help of a tutor. The next few years were spent feeling very empty and hopeless. At the age of 22, however, I experienced a dramatic change in my life. I began conversing with the drummer of a hardcore band called "No Innocent Victim" that was based out of California. The drummer's name was Jason Dunn. He began sending me Bible tracts and talking to me about Jesus Christ. Up to that point in my life I had hated anything to do with religion and authority. However, my philosophy of life simply wasn't working. I felt neither happy nor fulfilled. I wanted to dedicate my life to something that was worth believing in - worth dying for if it came to that. I began reading the Bible. I was especially affected by the book of Revelation which speaks of God's final judgment on the earth, "And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of...Expand for more