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Gretings to all, from the UK

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conrad:
hi,

My name is Dave. 28 years young as of yesterday. I live in a middle-sized town called Leicester in the centre of England. I'm just about to start a Masters degree in Creative technologies (hiding from the "real world" in education forever, or at least the aeon). My spiritual/religious/psychological is, like most, varied with highs and lows. I was raised a Catholic, wooed by evangelical Christianity's depiction of a real, personal Jesus, ever unsure of the fact I was already meant to be "saved". Moved away from home to London, spent sometime church hopping from Charismatic, Pentecontal, Prosperity gospel, Reformed Basptist et al. Became a member of a staunchly conservative Calvinistic Baptist church in the Capital. Worked doing sundry things around the church convinced it was all spiritual and drinking in the mixture of Scripture (or should that be BIBLE- AV, half-truths, separatist wranglings and downright (though well meaning) lies. Then one day my mind snapped. It was as if the world had gone mad. I went to the only place I knew that could help- the church. Needless to say things did not improve. Seven years pass. I try to maintain my mental health and keep God and the Bible at a distance. I was literally at times scared to read the Bible. I tried to occupy myself, but laziness, pride and all manner of distasteful habitual sin had me.

One day, through chance (NOT), or my own Free Will (NOT) or the foresight and Grace of my Father (hmmm) I browsed my way to bible-truths. I was captivated by what I read and just devoured pretty much all of Ray's articles. Straight way God seemed to impress on my heart that Hell really was a hoax, that He IS love and that all (including my late father ,who departed this life when I was four) ) would finally know and enjoy their wonderful gracious Creator. A weight of alienation, fear and guilt that had burdened me most of my adult life disappeared. I saw things clearly for the first time. That was a little over a year ago. Since then I have read a wide range of Universalist literature, but keep being drawn back to this site. I plan to re-read The Lake of fire series, which it blew me away on first go, as I sense there is much depth contained in those papers, and much truth yet to be applied to my life. God has given me the privilege of sharing the "Wider hope" with friends within and out of the Church. But I am conscious that Truth must, in Mr Smith's words, be "internalised" until it will be any use to others. Well, it's been a bumpy ride (and a lenghty message). But with Such a Saviour I wlecome the future whatever it may hold and look forward to meeting brethren with different stories from all over the globe.

Well, I wish you all well, and look forward to chatting with some of you folks on this crazy old world wide web.

Peace. And quiet.

Dave (conrad)

dawnnnny:


Peace.  And Quiet.

WOW I love that!  Welcome Dave to the Forum.  It is amazing what we all go through to get here (the truth that is), isn't it?  I saw one of your posts earlier this evening and thought "hmmm, did I welcome him???"  and then I found this post.

So Welcome Brother! 
I know you will be blessed by the fellowship of these saints!

Much Love,
Dawn

gmik:
Hi Dave.  Welcome to our little place in the Son.  I loved your post.  What a journey you have had! Have you ever e mailed Ray to tell him what you just told us???  You know he gets so many hate mails, yours would make his day!!

There are several around from the UK on board.  Glad to have you. (my mothers side came over to Virginia in the early 1700's, and my dad's side to escape the potato famine in Ireland- I have been there(UK) once and loved it, my daughter spent a semester at Cambridge and a semester in ummm Scotland, somewhere, my youngest spent a couple of weeks in West of England-)anyhow, I digress :D

Kat:
Hi Dave,

I glad you have joined us  :)
I believe you will be surprised at how much you get when you reread the articlesd at BT.  I kept seeing things that I don't even remember reading the first time through, and it seem you keep finding more and more every time you reread.  If you haven't listen to the audios http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/board,13.0.html you will find even more to learn there.
I hope you can share with us your perspective on what Ray teaches.  I think you will find that having the fellowship of likeminded people can be a real benefit, so do join in.

mercy, peace and love
Kat

dawnnnny:

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