Aaron858
Puritan Board Freshman
Greetings brothers and sisters in our Lord and Savior Jesus!
I'm excited to be a member on such a unique board as Puritanboard, and thought it prudent to introduce myself: My name is Aaron, I was born (January, 2000) and raised in Orillia Ontario.
Baptized as an infant to the Anglican Church, I was raised in a household without much, if any, focus on God, let alone Scripture.
The extent of my early spiritual knowledge extended to that which was taught at Sunday school until the age of roughly 10 when my I stopped attending due to (if I'm not mistaken) a choice from my mother. I didn't end up receiving any yearning to the Gospel, as it would prove in the Lord's will to call me later in life.
During Grade 10 I 'dropped out' and became a truant due to some traumatic series of events. Thereafter I lived a life of frequent drug use and drunkenness', without the least care for my future life, let alone any Gospel Truth.
From the age of 10 to 17 there wasn't to be found any trace of belief or spiritual life, and on the contrary, I lived "according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:".
I began to be effectually called by the Lord in 2017 beginning with studies into "the mystery of iniquity", and would eventually receive the Grace to Repent, in which thereafter He began the journey of His Grace; reforming and purifying the faith from the theological err which is so prolific during our times (particularly through the aforementioned studies; on the histories & doctrines of Paganism, the Roman Catholic Church and the Jesuit Order), which I'm sure many are familiar with.
It's been a long, at times painful, and ardent journey since then, in which our Lord has been Very gracious throughout.
Within the past few months I've began reading Puritan writings, which prior were only known as how modern secular society views them. The works Revealed unto me started with Thomas Vincent ("The true Christians love to the unseen Christ", "The Good work Begun", and thereafter "The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture" which are all wholeheartedly recommended!) firstly, leading to John Owen, William Lyford, Stephen Charnock, Daniel Burgess, William Prynne, Francis Roberts, John Bunyan, and even some modern writers such as J.I Packer, and John Piper (And also some reading of the Puritanboard!).
These authors were (and are!) used wonderfully by the Lord, opening unto me previously shunned doctrine and theology (i.e. TULIP and the errs of Arminianism), presented in such a way that I could not refute it.
Such authors are cherished As dear friends now, as prior there were to be found none which shared such beliefs as of saving grace, sanctification, and the absolute wonders of the depth which is to be found in the Gospel (so frequently found to be eloquently expounded on by these 'divines'!).
As a result of reading of the dire necessity in the Scriptural mandate for attending a local Church, I am currently looking for a reformed church in my area (Ideally confessional!). At the moment I'm an non-attending member of the St. James Anglican Church (apart for a weekly 'loonie' lunch hosted for the local shelter-folk), and have been a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, and other small non-denominational groups in town in the past as well.
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord daily that this life has been ordained as it has been; that so many toils and snares didn't fully keep me from Him, through His marvelous and Praiseworthy Grace.
It is hoped, among other potentials (such as having some pressing questions answered), that there might be found here some more friends (living friends; not just friends asleep, ideally!) during my hopefully long, joyful, and edifying stay here on the Puritanboard!
I'd lastly like to thank the admin(s) for the warm reception, despite my current condition, which was most generously granted leniency on, it is truly appreciated!
Hope and pray you all have a well and prosperous day, brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus our Lord!
I'm excited to be a member on such a unique board as Puritanboard, and thought it prudent to introduce myself: My name is Aaron, I was born (January, 2000) and raised in Orillia Ontario.
Baptized as an infant to the Anglican Church, I was raised in a household without much, if any, focus on God, let alone Scripture.
The extent of my early spiritual knowledge extended to that which was taught at Sunday school until the age of roughly 10 when my I stopped attending due to (if I'm not mistaken) a choice from my mother. I didn't end up receiving any yearning to the Gospel, as it would prove in the Lord's will to call me later in life.
During Grade 10 I 'dropped out' and became a truant due to some traumatic series of events. Thereafter I lived a life of frequent drug use and drunkenness', without the least care for my future life, let alone any Gospel Truth.
From the age of 10 to 17 there wasn't to be found any trace of belief or spiritual life, and on the contrary, I lived "according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:".
I began to be effectually called by the Lord in 2017 beginning with studies into "the mystery of iniquity", and would eventually receive the Grace to Repent, in which thereafter He began the journey of His Grace; reforming and purifying the faith from the theological err which is so prolific during our times (particularly through the aforementioned studies; on the histories & doctrines of Paganism, the Roman Catholic Church and the Jesuit Order), which I'm sure many are familiar with.
It's been a long, at times painful, and ardent journey since then, in which our Lord has been Very gracious throughout.
Within the past few months I've began reading Puritan writings, which prior were only known as how modern secular society views them. The works Revealed unto me started with Thomas Vincent ("The true Christians love to the unseen Christ", "The Good work Begun", and thereafter "The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture" which are all wholeheartedly recommended!) firstly, leading to John Owen, William Lyford, Stephen Charnock, Daniel Burgess, William Prynne, Francis Roberts, John Bunyan, and even some modern writers such as J.I Packer, and John Piper (And also some reading of the Puritanboard!).
These authors were (and are!) used wonderfully by the Lord, opening unto me previously shunned doctrine and theology (i.e. TULIP and the errs of Arminianism), presented in such a way that I could not refute it.
Such authors are cherished As dear friends now, as prior there were to be found none which shared such beliefs as of saving grace, sanctification, and the absolute wonders of the depth which is to be found in the Gospel (so frequently found to be eloquently expounded on by these 'divines'!).
As a result of reading of the dire necessity in the Scriptural mandate for attending a local Church, I am currently looking for a reformed church in my area (Ideally confessional!). At the moment I'm an non-attending member of the St. James Anglican Church (apart for a weekly 'loonie' lunch hosted for the local shelter-folk), and have been a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, and other small non-denominational groups in town in the past as well.
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord daily that this life has been ordained as it has been; that so many toils and snares didn't fully keep me from Him, through His marvelous and Praiseworthy Grace.
It is hoped, among other potentials (such as having some pressing questions answered), that there might be found here some more friends (living friends; not just friends asleep, ideally!) during my hopefully long, joyful, and edifying stay here on the Puritanboard!
I'd lastly like to thank the admin(s) for the warm reception, despite my current condition, which was most generously granted leniency on, it is truly appreciated!
Hope and pray you all have a well and prosperous day, brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus our Lord!
