I don't smoke and I don't like to be around smokers
I rarely drink
Master's degree
I would like to have children one day.
I was born and raised in a solid Christian family (in Mexico City, Mexico), and cannot remember a day in my (conscious) life when I did not believe in God or in the Lord Jesus Christ as His only begotten Son and the only Saviour. Sometime around the age of five I became aware of my own need of salvation and made that faith counciously personal, thus it can be said that it was then when I became aware of my salvation or trusted in Christ as MY saviour. Ever since then the Lord has been faithful to me and His grace has persevered with me not letting me depart from him.
Thoroughly. I was never an Arminian, but I didn't have a proper and wholesome understanding of the Doctrines of Grace either. Around age 20, I could no longer postpone dealing with the issue of predestination. R. C. Sproul's books ("The Holiness of God" and "Chosen by God") were a very good help in that. It has been a relief and a joy to come to understand the riches and depths of God's glorious grace. It is liberating and humbling at the same time, and a source of on-going gratitude and awe before God.
I have been studying the OT prophets.
Boaz & Ruth. I could write a book on why (and hopefully I will one day). But you can always ask me...
Not quite. I guess if I were I would not be here! I do believe in marriage, and I do believe I am called to be a husband and father. I do find contentment knowing my heavenly Father knows what is best for me.
* "Spiritual" / "Good Christian" * Well-educated * Intelligent * Good friend (kind of obvious, if it is my friends' opinion on me!)
Seeing our Lord being duly worshipped by as many people as possible in His Church.
1. God's glorious grace, especially as it has been poured on me and my family, and the worldful blessings bestowed thereby. Ever since my dad passed away (Dec. 2004), this includes a very concious and explicit gratitude for knowing our beloved ones who died in the Lord are enjoying Him face to face, and that we'll join them one day. 2. For my parents and the Christian up-raising they gave me and my sibblings, including 3. The education I have been able to acquire (although I still want a bit more school!).
Godliness above all (which includes many specifics such as wisdom, kindness, patience, faithfulness, honesty); spiritual maturity; intelligence and education; ellegance and class; open to communicate thoughts and feelings; sensitivity.
It is difficult to pin-point one single person, as God has used several people to shape my life through different stages. If I had to choose one among the most recent, I would still have difficulty deciding between two former professors at seminary: The Rev Dr Sinclair B. Ferguson and Dr Bruce K. Waltke. The first opened my eyes to the glory of Christ's Church and the importance (necessity) of becoming and ordained elder in the Church if I wanted to teach the Church. The second completely removed any traces of Dispensationalism I had picked up being raised in a typical evangelical church, plus teaching me how to read (and understand) the Bible.
I have never been married. I have only had one committed relationship that was aiming toward marriage. She wasn't sure she could make a committment, so it ended there.
It would seem to me not to be right to have a favourite portion of Scripture (as if there were others I didn't like). As for non-inspired quotes, I have many. Hereby a few of them: From books: "Man, please thy Maker, and be merry; And give not for this world a cherry" (Dunbar, quoted by C. S. Lewis in his chapter on Friendship in "The Four Loves"). "We are in God's hands, my brother, not in theirs" (Henry V, William Shakespeare). "To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, your must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket--safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation. The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all dangers and perturbations of love is Hell." (C. S. Lewis, in "The Four Loves", chapter on "Charity"). "I believe in Christianity as I believe the Sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else". C. S. Lewis, "Is theology Poetry?" (in The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses). From movies: "You are a toy!" (from Toy Story).
My first career is law, but I don't like it very much. My second career and true calling is the pastorate. At the moment I have had to go back to the legal practice (mostly consultation in comparative law).
Yes: Earning a doctorate (hopefully at Oxford, but any good British University would do) in the area of Moral Theology/Philosophy, and eventually be a full-time pastor and a part-time teacher in a university environment; and, of course, being married and raising a God-fearing covenant family.
I enjoy reading, listenening to music (mostly classical, sacred/choral and instrumental), visiting and talking to family and friends, browsing the web for news and anything I am curious about at the moment. I love to travel to new places (especially if they have a historical value) and hope I can do more of that in the future.
I was born and raised in Mexico City. At age 26 I moved to Central Florida to attend seminary, and spent there 4 years. Also as part of my graduate education I spent a summer living and studying in Oxford (Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, Keble College, University of Oxford). During that course I also traveled quite extensively through southern England. I have traveled to and within the USA, and within Mexico (although probably not as much as some foreign turists coming here!). I've also been to Scotland, Norther Ireland, Paris and Geneva, and spent a week teaching in Haiti as part of a missions trip.
I was born and raised in a fine Christian family, the middle child out of three. It was at home that I heard the gospel and learned about the Christian life. My father went to be with the Lord recently (Dec 2004) and, in addition to missing him greatly, I realize more and more the profound impact he had on me, and what a great example he was. Likewise my mother is a godly woman whom I admire more and more each day. My older brother is a Christian and is married, and my younger sister is also a Christian and is single. I have a very large extended family and love them all, but that is not a hindrance to relocate. I am open to move wherever the Lord leads me, wherever I can serve Him.
Reading, writing, visiting with friends and family, traveling and visiting new places.
The following link contains a large and varied collection of aerial pictures of Mexico City, which I am sure will give you a better idea of what it is like: http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PhotoAlbum20.html There are two sections, one in Spanish and another in English which are not entirely the same, so it is worth visiting both. On the issue of alcohol drinking, I'm not one who makes a blanket statement condemning alcohol drinking as sin in and of itself, but one who warns severely about its use, and one who does not like nor think about alcohol at all. I have had communion with alcoholic wine a few times (mostly in Britain). So in that sense it would be inaccurate to answer "I don't touch the stuff", but to say that I drink even rarely could also be misleading. Some of my writings (English and Spanish) on apologetics, theology, biblical studies and Church history have been posted at a web site kindly hosted by Dryander Publishing: www.dryander.com/amm
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