hello from josh

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Hello all,

Been getting to know Les on the forums I host, and I thought I'd register here

Josh Coles here... pastor of Aletheia Christian Fellowship (www.aletheiacf.org) ...

Let's see... born and raised in the Portland, Oregon, U.S. area. Went to a Christian school kindergarten through High School. Got my bachelors and masters degrees in education, and I've been an alternative high school teacher now for 15 years.

My wife Rosemary and I have been married for 16 years! We have a nine year old boy named Justus and a six year old girl, Riley.

We held a 'bible study' group in our home for 9 years, which culminated in a Church (Aletheia Christian Fellowship) which officially started meeting in 2005. That church started in our home, but we now rent space from a larger church.

Interests: backpacking (the more remote the venue, the better), writing, reading, pipe-smoking (on special occasions), history, strategy games, music (mostly lesser-known artists with strange vocal characteristics), singing, playing the guitar and bass, apologetics, online forums.

Favorite Conversation Topics: Hearing people's experiences (or lack of) with God, theology, apologetics, the Lord of the Rings, the Chronicles of Narnia, World War II anything (or history in general).

Favorite Authors: CS Lewis, GK Chesterton, NT Wright, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, George MacDonald, Philip Yancey, JRR Tolkien, Augustine, William Blake, Frederick Buechner....

Favorite Musicians: Daniel Amos, Bill Mallonee (VOL), Larry Norman, U2, Phil Keaggy, Bob Dylan, Randy Stonehill, Lost Dogs, Swirling Eddies, Mike Roe, Sufjan Stevens, M Ward

Favorite Movies: The Thin Red Line, Into the Wild, Lars and the Real Girl, Amazing Grace, Amistad, Glory, Braveheart, Saving Private Ryan, Rosewood, Man of La Mancha (musical), Life is Beautiful, the Count of Monte Cristo, Spinal Tap, Meet the Parents, the Man Who Knew Too Little, School of Rock, LOTR, the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Oh Brother Where Art Thou? etc..

Passions: creating networks of Christians who are equipped to truly help each other- fight for each other, encourage each other, simply be there for each other, and of course, teaching.

Things I know next to nothing about but am learning about from my friends: home improvement and automobile maintenence

Oh, and please visit the forums I host and share the love

Here's the link: www.aletheia.proboards.com

[Les Brewer]

Firstly, a great warm welcome to you Josh and I am glad that you have already made your self at home here......

Its very clear that you have had a very well educated background, and very deep with a lot of interest as well as knowledge.
So glad that you have given up your time too to share with others the Gospel of Jesus and I pray that many as possible will except Him as their personal Savior. So many people in the world who hear the truth but not actually receiving it. I do pray daily for this ministry as well that it will reach the hearts of many. One thing for sure Josh, we need to remember who we are we are sharing; and I just pray daily that God will be Glorified in all these things.
Here on this forum people have come on as the spirit of God as moved them; as you probably noticed we share a lot of Bible teaching sermons and many people through out the day from all over the world read them; I pray that they are lifted and encouraged with these words. Again if there is anything you see as useful to share with Aletheia just carry it over, as I said we are doing this for His purpose that God will be Glorified in all this and that the Gospel of Jesus is shared.
Do invite others here too. God bless from Les

Thank-you for sharing here and hope even though different to your forum, Friends of Jesus will have a lot to offer you as well.