IT IS THE 20TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR MY WEBSITE.
I STARTED IT IN THE WINTER OF 1997/98
IT WAS A MAN BY THE NAME OF JOHN RUMANIS WHO BUILT THE SITE, AND UPLOADED STUDIES FOR ME.
THEN, BEING A YOUNG MAN WITH A FAMILY, AND LEARNING COMPUTER CODING AND PROGRAMMING, DID NOT HAVE THE TIME.
I WAS BY THEN IN CALGARY… MARCH 1ST 1998.
I CAME IN CONTACT WITH JESSE [HER WEBSITE IS ON MINE], WHO SAID SHE COULD CONTINUE TO BUILD MY SITE AND TEACH ME HOW TO LOOK AFTER IT. BACK THEN IT WAS ALL “WINDOWS” - FLOPPY DISKS AND ALL THAT NOW ANCIENT STUFF.
JESSE DIED OF CANCER AFTER TEACHING ME, SHE WAS ONLY 45. WHAT A BLESSING SHE WAS TO ME FOR JUST A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME. SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HER WEBSITE; I TOLD HER TO UPLOAD IT TO MINE; IT’S STILL THERE, WITH HER UNIQUE STYLE OF WRITING AND REFERENCING.
TARA CHAPMAN IN THE USA, DID THE THIRD FACE LIFT, AND GOT ME INTO THE APPLE COMPUTER, BY KINDLY SENDING ME THE ONE SHE HAD, AS HER HUSBAND WANTED A LARGER ONE FOR MOVIE WATCHING.
I HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY THE ABOVE THREE PEOPLE.
MY SITE IS 20 YEARS OF THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF HOURS, STUDYING, READING, MEDITATING, PRAYING. YES ALL THE STUDIES ON MY SITE HAVE BEEN UPLOADED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.
BUT IT REALLY GOES BACK WAY BEFORE THAT. YEARS AND YEARS OF STUDY AND RESEARCH.
I WAS BLESSED BEYOND WORDS, TO HAVE BEEN RAISED WITH THE BIBLE FROM AGE 7. MY PARENTS SENT ME TO A CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL; THE FIRST HALF HOUR OF EVERY SCHOOL DAY WAS SPENT IN THE BIBLE. I ALSO ATTENDED AND NEVER MISSED EXECPT FOR HOLIDAYS, SUNDAY SCHOOL IN A LOCAL CHURCH WHERE WE LIVED.
I HAD TO LEARN THE TEN COMMANDMENT BY MEMORY, THE LONG VERSION OF EXODUS 20. I KNEW WHAT THE 4TH COMMANDMENT SAID, I WAS SURE CHRISTIANITY WAS OBSERVING IT; I THOUGHT SUNDAY WAS THE 7TH DAY OF THE WEEK. WHAT A SHOCK TO FIND OUT AT AGE 18, WHEN I CAME TO CANADA, FROM MY “BAPTIST” CHURCH LANDLORD, SUNDAY WAS THE 1ST DAY OF THE WEEK…..I WAS STUNNED AND IN UTTER SHOCK. I PROVED HE WAS CORRECT AT THE CITY LIBRARY.
MY LIFE BEGAN TO TAKE A HUGE TURN, AS I DISCOVERED MORE TRUTHS I HAD NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT OR TAKEN FOR GRANTED. ALL THOSE TRUTHS ARE ON MY WEBSITE.
MY STUDYING INCREASED AND INCREASED FROM THAT AGE OF 18 AND AFTER.
AS THE DECADES HAVE GONE BY I HAVE RE-STUDIED AND ALWAYS BEEN WILLING TO LEARN MORE TRUTHS, EVEN HAVING TO BE CORRECTED AND ADMIT I WAS WRONG ON SOME POINTS IN MY 30s AND 40s.
THE PAST 35 YEARS HAVE BROUGHT SO MUCH SORRY WITH “CHURCH ORGANIZATION” AS WELL AS GREAT JOY WHILE GOING THROUGH ALL THE SORROW OF PEOPLE, LEADERS, GOING OFF THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW PATHWAY TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
BUT I CAN SAY, I’VE BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT, WHICH HAS GIVEN ME STRENGTH TO STAND UP AND BE COUNTED, AS WELL AS IMMEASURABLE EXPERIENCE, THAT HAS HELPED ME GROW IN GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD.
TRULY STUDYING THE BIBLE, AND ALL THINGS THAT IS REAL CHRISTIANITY AND GODLINESS, IS A LIFE TIME ADVENTURE.
I HOPE THIS IS YOUR MIND-SET AS YOU DESIRE TO KNOW GOD’S WORD MORE AND MORE, AND TO OBTAIN THE MIND OF CHRIST [“LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU THAT WAS IN CHRIST JESUS,” THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID].
I HOPE THIS WEBSITE WILL INSTRUCT, INSPIRE, AND TEACH YOU THE WONDERFUL TRUTHS CONTAINED IN THE HOLY INSPIRED BOOK, THAT WE CALL “THE BIBLE.”
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