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Personal profile for user screen name: chris moyler b.1951 Married 1985 to Ruth who is a teacher3 teenage daughters 88/twins91 I live in the UK brought to the Lord through the Anglican church in 76 but have spent most of my christian life in the house-church movement. My conversion was completely life-changing and very real. For the first time in my life I knew I really belonged to someone, to Jesus. I realized that up to that time I had always felt like an orphan even though I wasn't, and even though my parents had always tried to do the best for me. A special feature of that time for me was that the scriptures really began to come alive, and I received a deep and instinctive trust in their reliability. This remains one of the greatest gifts the Lord has given me. I came from an outwardly normal but inwardly very difficult background.Going to church was compulsory, I was christened as a baby, and later confirmed at age 13 but I never had any kind of living faith. My journey thus far has been pretty tough but 2006 showed definite signs of things looking up! I am passionately committed to the inerrancy of scripture,and I wish in the latter years of my life to find opportunities to explain the scripture to others. This is why I especially appreciate that this forum has been made available, so that believers all over the globe can share their insights and experiences. Perhaps more controversially in this forum, I am also committed to the full expression of the charismatic giftings in these days. Having however been very badly bruised by charismatic churches on several significant occasions, and having personally lived through the collapse of 5! such churches I would like to believe I am no longer 'starry-eyed' about these matters. I strongly believe that much damage is done to the name of our dear Lord by the unkind ways in which christians from different streams of his family debate with one another. My over-arching prayer for this web-site is that in seeking to communicate truth with one another, we do so in a gracious and undefensive manner. This way, even when we are wrong,and none of us have complete knowledge, doors may be left open for the Lord to speak further. I use the NLT for devotional reading and study, checking it against the NASB. My life verse is 1Cor 1:28,29 "God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers as important, so that no one can ever boast in the presence of God" My sincere appreciation to the Lockman Foundation for giving us this facility. (The above information has been submitted by the author for use solely by the StudyBibleForum.com) |