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Peter Skinner

Peter Skinner

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Peter Skinner was born and grew up in Papua New Guinea to parents that were Christian missionaries. Upon completion of high school in PNG he continued his education in Australia. As an adult he has had numerous careers and has worked in over 30 countries in various capacities. For the last 14 years he has worked with Remote Operated Vehicles doing sub sea work involving inspection, construction, wreck finding and surveying, laying fibre optic cable, scientific data collection of sub sea life and drill support.

In his early adult years he rejected Christ and followed his own agenda while forming his own set of beliefs. The claims of the Bible took on a new relevance when Biblical history and our origins were able to be substantiated from a scientific point of view. He thinks that humans often choose what they believe and then find the proof to justify that belief and reject ideas that conflict, until something that cannot be ignored presents itself (sometimes in the form of a question). Those beliefs are either formed from how people have been raised, their formal and informal education or from what is the most convenient to them. So in essence people create their own gods that are convenient to them. Peter feels that this is what he did until presented with the Gospel and the authority of the Bible from a logical and scientific point of view. Now it makes a lot more sense, though there are still many unanswered questions.

Jesus asked his disciples one of those questions that is profound in its significance “who do you say I am?” The disciple Peter responded “You are the Messiah of God”. This question is probably the most significant in the universe. Who do I think Jesus is? Then the following question is “what do I do with that answer?”. A great book on the 3 alternative logical answers to this question that we can give to this question is titled “More than a Carpenter” by Josh McDowell. The 3 possible answers are i) He is Lord of the Universe (Messiah),ii) He was a liar or iii). He was a lunatic. There really is no other answer than these 3 that we can choose, as the description of great or good man, or prophet alone cannot apply.

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