User:Colin MacLaurin

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About me This user believes in the divinity and historicity of Jesus Christ. This user is interested in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. This user lives in Australia. BMath This user has a Bachelor of Mathematics degree. This user is an undergraduate student majoring in theology. ACADEMIC JOURNAL This user has had his/her work published in an academic journal. This user is single.

Colin MacLaurin is currently lives in the Lake Macquarie region in New South Wales, Australia. He is 25 years of age and studying theology and ministry at Avondale College. He previously completed a BMath(Hons) at Newcastle University, Australia.

December-January: I am travelling to Cambodia and Thailand with a group of volunteers mainly from Avondale College, to help at an orphanage and generally try to make the world a better place for all. I will then be in Hong Kong. Merry Christmas all!

His approach to life is:

• Love God and love people - the most important guidelines for life.
• Faith that impacts every area of life, including thoughts, feelings, character, relationships and actions.
• Making the most of life.
• Enjoying friendships.
• Listening to people's life stories
• Understanding, experiencing and respecting different cultures and points of view.

Countries visited: (Home) . Soon: .

Australian states and territories:

Islands: Lord Howe Island, Fraser Island, North Stradbroke Island

[edit] Beliefs

I interact with a wide variety of people, and believe that almost everyone has something positive we can learn from. I am a follower of Jesus Christ, and while I recognise that no denomination, institution, or individual (that includes you - and me!) is perfect, I do believe that community is essential. Hence I am a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and have benefited greatly from being a part of this community since 2000.

[edit] Respect

• Jesus Christ for saving us from separation from God both now and eternally. I believe that Jesus is the clearest image we have of God's love and character.
• Chinese believer Brother Yun for the fire and simplicity of his faith as described in his bestselling book The Heavenly Man, and for his passion for sharing the gospel.
• Christian author John Eldredge for his controversial book Wild at Heart, which addresses the almost forgotten concept of masculinity.

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[edit] Communities

• Taizé Community (France - haven't been there yet!)
• Hillsong Conference 2006 (Sydney)
• Big Camp (North New South Wales, Adventist church)
• StormCo (community service in Aboriginal and other communities)

[edit] Contributions

So far I have been mainly contributing to articles related to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, although I have contributed to other pages as well. My "pet" page is prophetic gift of Ellen White, to which I have been almost sole contributor so far. I would appreciate input from other editors. I have gathered masses of resources - the challenge now is to improve the clarity and flow of the page, to integrate more Ellen White quotes, and to keep striving towards NPOV.

[edit] Userboxes

He started editing Wikipedia on July 2, 2006, and has deliberately made his landmark edits important ones:

• 1000th edit regarding Ellen White on the page now named Seventh-day Adventist theology.?
• 2000th edit proposing a policy for sourcing Adventist theology on the talk page of WP:SDA

Also, check out my profile under development on MySpace.com!

"May he she s/he they who is without POV write the first article. Oh, we already started. Nevermind."