My name is Max Aplin, and I have been a Christian for more than 30
years.
The aim of this blog is for me to share some of my thoughts on the
Christian faith.
Most of the posts are intended for readers who are Christians. I really want to see the church of Jesus Christ
A few of the posts are intended for non-Christians. I believe firmly that Jesus is the only way to
God and the only way to avoid His judgment after death. And so I try in some posts to persuade people
of the truth of the Christian faith.
In 2 Timothy 2:15 the apostle Paul instructs Timothy:
‘Make every effort to present yourself to God as someone who is
approved, as a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word
of truth.’
In this verse ‘rightly handling’ translates a participle form of the
Greek verb orthotomeo. Because it is my aim in this blog to rightly handle the
word of truth, I think of myself as an orthotometist, or at least as someone
who is trying to be an orthotometist. Hence the name of the blog.
I have a Ph.D. in New Testament from the University of Edinburgh
I am a British national, and I live in the south of Scotland
