Greetings to all you fellow forum members (and lurkers too)! My name is Don and I’ve been a lurker myself for several months and have gotten to “know” many of you through your posts. It’s funny how you can develop a mental image of people through this medium even through you’ve never met them in person. Speaking of meeting in person – if any of you are in the San Diego area, please speak up. It’d be great to have some like-minded (like-believing) people nearby.
I’ve been married for 7 years and it’s been the best time of my life so far. My wife is the best mate that God could have hand-picked out for me. We don’t have kids but we’re still hoping and trying and hopefully one day the Lord will bless us with a baby. My wife is a believer and has been since childhood. She does not (quite) believe the way I do but she’s trying to understand. She likes going to church and as a loving husband I find it to be my duty to tag along.
The church is a large non-denominational one here in the San Diego area. They’re affiliated with Calvary Chapel and practices the book-by-book/verse-by-verse kind of teaching. The pastor is a down-to-earth guy. No emphasis is made on giving money or on hell. I don’t think in the years that we’ve been going there I’ve heard the pastor preach about money or tithing even once. I have heard hell mentioned when it was in (seeming) context with the scripture. I’d just as soon not go at all but at this point that would sadden my wife and confuse her even more about my “new found beliefs”.
My username and avatar are a reflection of a hobby that my wife and I share – scuba diving. We don’t get to do it as much as we’d like to, partly because the water off the coast of San Diego isn’t particularly warm (or clear) and also because budgeting for dive trips to warmer regions isn’t really prudent in this economy. We’ve been to some really nice places though in the past, including Australia (Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea) and got to marvel at a part of God’s awesome creation that you don’t typically get to immerse yourself in unless you have an air tank or gills.
My heritage is part Jewish, though I wasn’t really raised in the Jewish faith (my parents actually sent me to catholic school of all things). I’m trying to learn Hebrew in order to study scripture and also to converse with native speakers. We have relatives and friends in Israel and I have visited a couple times, once with my wife. I’m always amazed at how green and lush this little strip of land is compared to the arid Arabian dessert that surrounds it. And also how much the countryside reminds me of Southern California.
I’m a software engineer by day and a couch potato at night. I enjoy making music, cooking, travelling, spending time with my wife and with friends, learning God’s wonderful truths, and spending time here on this website and getting to know you nice people.
It still blows me away that God has brought me here to Bible Truths. I’ve known for years that something wasn’t kosher with the way I’ve been taught. Reading through the articles, emails, and forum posts has been a real eye-opener and if God keeps me around for a while longer, I’m sure I’m not done learning.
Shalom to you all, and to all a good day!
Don
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