Adam is a native Californian and has taught philosophy related classes at a variety of institutions including California Baptist University, Tarleton State University, Scarborough College, and Korea Baptist Theological Seminary. Adam joined the Gateway family in June 2010 after serving on faculty and as director of admissions at Southwestern. He also currently serves as associate professor of philosophy of religion. Adam wrote Faith Wins: Overcoming a Crisis of Belief (New Hope Publishers, 2020) and has contributed to various books including Ministry in the New Marriage Culture (B&H, 2016) and Idealism and Christian Philosophy (Bloomsbury Academic, 2016), and his writings have been featured by online by Baptist Press, the ERLC, CBMW, and Preaching Source.