{"id":462,"date":"2023-07-24T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amazingfacts.com.au\/?page_id=462"},"modified":"2023-10-03T23:50:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T13:50:39","slug":"doug-batchelor-full-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.amazingfacts.com.au\/doug-batchelor-full-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Batchelor Full Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"462\" class=\"elementor elementor-462\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aebe0fd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aebe0fd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74b2d8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"74b2d8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34be8a5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"34be8a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae82946 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae82946\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"caret-color: #212529; color: #212529; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;\">As the teenage son of an aviation tycoon, young Doug could have had anything money could buy, yet he couldn\u2019t find true peace and happiness. A troubled youth, he fought at school, entertained suicidal fantasies, and eventually ran away from home when he was just 15 years old.<\/span><br style=\"caret-color: #212529; color: #212529; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;\" \/><br style=\"caret-color: #212529; color: #212529; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"i2-03\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; caret-color: #212529; color: #212529; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;\" src=\"https:\/\/manna.amazingfacts.org\/amazingfacts\/website\/amazingfacts\/images\/pastordoug\/caveman.jpg\" alt=\"Pastor Doug as a young man\" width=\"200\" height=\"231\" align=\"right\" \/><span style=\"caret-color: #212529; color: #212529; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;\">Disgusted with life and convinced it had no meaning, Doug was determined to experience life with reckless abandon. He turned to drugs, committed crimes, and spent time in jail, while also living on high adventure from stormy seas to blistering deserts. But years later, a remote cave high in the mountains above Palm Springs became his home. And even though his father owned a yacht, a jet, and a Rolls-Royce, Doug ended up scavenging for food in garbage bins.<\/span><br style=\"caret-color: #212529; color: #212529; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;\" \/><br style=\"caret-color: #212529; color: #212529; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;\" \/><span style=\"caret-color: #212529; color: #212529; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;\">The happiness Doug searched for continued to elude him for years\u2014until the day he found a dust-covered Bible someone left in his cave. As he read, he believed in and accepted Christ as his Savior.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"caret-color: #212529; color: #212529; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;\">Today, Pastor Doug Batchelor is an energetic speaker with an unusual ability to communicate not only to church-oriented people but also to those who aren\u2019t religious. His spontaneous, lively humor and down-to-earth approach to living the Christian life engages and brings hope and meaning to hearts from every kind of background.<\/span><br style=\"caret-color: #212529; color: #212529; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;\" \/><br style=\"caret-color: #212529; color: #212529; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;\" \/><span style=\"caret-color: #212529; color: #212529; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;\">Doug and his wife Karen have five children. Currently living in Sacramento, his hobbies include guitar, scuba diving, and racquetball. Like his father, he is also an aviation enthusiast and pilot. His other books include\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #0d6efd; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; outline: currentcolor !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afbookstore.com\/caveman-theology-salvation-made-simple-by-doug-batchelor-bk-ctheo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caveman Theology<\/a><span style=\"caret-color: #212529; color: #212529; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;\">,\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #0d6efd; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; outline: currentcolor !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afbookstore.com\/broken-chains-revised-by-doug-batchelor-bk-bcr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Broken Chains<\/a><span style=\"caret-color: #212529; color: #212529; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;\">,\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #0d6efd; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; outline: currentcolor !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afbookstore.com\/at-jesus-feet-paperback-by-doug-batchelor-bk-ajfs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">At Jesus\u2019 Feet: The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene<\/a><span style=\"caret-color: #212529; color: #212529; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;\">, and\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #0d6efd; font-family: Poppins, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; outline: currentcolor !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afbookstore.com\/who-do-you-think-you-are-by-doug-batchelor-bk-wdyt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who Do You Think You Are?<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-dce-background-color=\"#FFFFFF\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cf248f1 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cf248f1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3099225\" data-id=\"3099225\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1e4835 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f1e4835\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Subscribe to our Newsletter<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be0f039\" data-id=\"be0f039\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b25095 elementor-widget__width-initial dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8b25095\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amazingfacts.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Newsletter-banner.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3172\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amazingfacts.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Newsletter-banner.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amazingfacts.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Newsletter-banner-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the teenage son of an aviation tycoon, young Doug could have had anything money could buy, yet he couldn\u2019t find true peace and happiness. 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