"Are You in Kay Ess?" My name in the form of a question R. U. N. K. S.?? Status: Married to my smokin' hot wife - Joanna Body type: Freakishly Circus tall - 6'6" - Not Skinny -I'm a thin muscular guy!! Here for: make friends & reach teenagers with the Love of Jesus Christ!!! Orientation: Straight as an arrow Home Town: Grew up in Midland, Texas - Live in Levelland, Texas now Religion: I'm not religious!! I just love Jesus!! Technically I'm a Christian Southern Baptist Smoke/Drink: Only when I'm thirsty or on fire Children: Elli & Nick Education: High School: Midland High School College: McMurry University, BA- Christian Education Seminary: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, MDiv Vocation: Youth Communicator Influences: Steve Vernon, Jimmie Nelson, Rick Ousley, Jon Randles, Phil Spigner, Kenny Hardin, Ron White, Sinbad, Jim Carrey, Aaron Baggett, Evel Knievel, & Ted Nugent Past & Current Interns: Aaron Baggett -2000-2001, Dylan Hope - 2002-2003, Jordan Barker - 2004-2005 & 2007, Estebaan Ice - 2006, 2008
Runks Interests: General hunting, acting, weight lifting, running, movies, reading, snow skiing, surfing, anything outside, doing anything crazy, dangerous, and fun Music Jay Johnson, Branch, David Crowder, Philip Oswald Band, Jeff Berry Band, Kool & the gang, AC/DC, and anything Disco. Movies Night Shift, Bottle Rocket, Tombstone, Billy Madison, Dumb & Dumber, Forrest Gump, The Notebook, Message in a Bottle, Primer, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Dances with Wolves, Band of Brothers, Friday Night Lights, Napoleon Dynamite, Life as a House, Big Fish, Remember the Titans, Gladiator, For the Love of the Game, Field of Dreams, Batman, Nacho Libre Television Lost, Heroes, The Office, ER, Football, 4th and Long, Survivor man, & anything on the Outdoor channel What I drive A huge Ford 4 door 4x4 diesel truck Computer I use MacBook laptop & an Iphone Sports Hunting, Football, & Track Extreme Sports Snow Skiing, Surfing, riding a jet ski, White Water Rafting, Mountain Climbing, Rapelling, basically if you can die while you're doing it - sign me up!!! Teams Texas Tech Red Raiders, McMurry Indians, Dallas Cowboys, Levelland Lobos Books The Bible, Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning, Classic Christianity by Bob George, The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel, The Gutter by Craig Gross, Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, Wounds that Heal by Stephen Seamands, Chasing Daylight by Erwin McManus, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Heroes Jesus, Paul, My parents, Joanna, Nick, Elli, Kirk Wooldridge, Mike Pinkston, Our Troops People I'd like to meet Billy Graham, The Apostle Paul, Ted Nugent, Elvis, Steve Jobs, Evel Knievel, Catwoman, & Billy Blazejowski Places I've been Vermont, Lake Placid, New York, Maui, Minneapolis, Philly, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Matador Texas, Atlanta, Miami, Denver, Yellowstone National Park, Seattle, St. Louis, New Orleans, Fargo North Dakota, Cleveland, Outer Banks, NC, Washington DC - 48 states and 4 countries so far - Canada, Mexico, Haiti, & INDIA!!! Places I wanna go The only states I haven't been to----Alaska & Indiana - Europe, & back to INDIA Dreams Own my Own Ranch in the Panhandle of Texas, drive a 1978 Smokey & the Bandit Trans Am, Write a book, Hunt Elk in Colorado, Hunt Bear in Alaska, Hunt Moose in Canada, Hunt deer in South Texas, Hunt pheasant in South Dakota, Go to a Superbowl, run a 4.3 40, bench press 300 lbs, & not be so scatter brained!!
Record Label sixfoot club records
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a crazy person on caffeine and sugar moving really, really fast!!!
Runks is a crazy guy who has lived a crazy life and is a master at using hilarious stories from his life to illustrate biblical truth with clarity, authority, and depth. More than just a funny guy, he is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and addictions and has an awesome testimony of the power of God in desperate situations.
Runks has a passion to help students discover their identity in Christ, find freedom in their struggles, and follow Christ with all their heart - because they get to - not because they have to. Runks will help your students discover freedom from their pain, hope for their future, and Grace for life!!!
Runks was a Youth Minister for 7 years and in 1998 began traveling the country sharing his message of hope and freedom to teenagers, college students, and adults. He holds a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and resides in Levelland, Texas with his wife Joanna, and their two kids, Elli and Nick.
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i was at a church camp you spoke at. and you did a really good job.. you helped me through a lot. and i wish you were going back to net xtreme this year!!
RUNKS! Hey!! How are you?!?!?! I'm doing well, actually I'm doing pretty great! Hope you're doing well and hope you're having a blast sharing God's word with other teens! :)
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