Hi and welcome to the Aussie Outpost - Australia's Particular Baptist Retreat. As you can probably guess I am the owner and webmaster of the Aussie Outpost site and it's associated sites. This page is all about me :-)
What's On This Page:
INTRODUCTION:
As the site fairly clearly suggests, I consider myself to be a Particular Baptist, and as such I am committed to the historic Baptist distinctives as expressed in the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith. I previously called myself a Reformed Baptist and I still am should the definition of a Reformed Baptist be a Christian who holds to the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith. However, the reason I call myself a Particular Baptist is that I do not adhere to some of the practices of modern-day Reformed Baptists.
I expect this site will develop to show something of the difference between modern-day Reformed Baptists and my own position over time. I do not however intend to make this site into some sort of a personal assault upon modern-day Reformed Baptists, many of whom I still have the greatest respect for, though I find myself disagreeing with some of their practices. These Christians are still my brethren and I regard them warmly as such.
So what's this page all about? Well, it will be a place for information about me, including photos, etc. It will be updated over time. I'll also put answers to questions about myself that I'm asked from time to time that may be of interest to visitors to this site.
Please be patient with me as I slowly build this here site. Enjoy the site and I hope it proves helpful and useful to you. Please consider joining one of our mail groups which can be accessed from the front page.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY:
After many years of contemplating this, starting it, putting it off ... you get the picture I'm sure - I've decided to actually do it. Yes, the autobiography of my life. Given I'm not yet dead, this will be a work in progress until it suddenly stops - with my death. Someone will then have to finish it off, if anyone feels like doing it. Anyhow, it is just beginning to be put together, so visit the work as it progresses.
Kevin's Autobiography at:
http://particularbaptist.com/kevins/autobiography_contents.html
KEVIN'S BLOG:
Last Updated - 31 May 2007So you've heard all this stuff about Blogs lately, but not entirely sure what one is and now you've actually found one mentioned here - so what is a Blog? Well it's meant to be some sort of diary-journal like thing in which a person records his thoughts and records the happenings of his daily life, sometimes giving a commentary on them and so on. Some have photos, poems, etc, in them.
I'm not entirely sure that mine will fit happily into the mainstream of Blogs or that it even fits into the official definition of them, but the entrance into my Blog is right here, via the link below.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:
This area of my page is where you will find answers to various questions I have been asked from time to time, a sort of frequently asked questions area.
Where do I work?
I currently work at Tea Gardens Grange in Tea Gardens. I work as a Gardener in the village there. I began employment there in early September 2007.
I used to work at Hawkins Masonic Village, which is a retirement village with self-care units, several low care hostels and a high care nursing home. I was employed as the Maintenance Manager until my resignation, which was effective from the 14th September 2007. I worked there for over 19 years, the last 3 as the Maintenance Manager.
So what sort of things am I into?
I'm very much into wilderness and travelling through Australia. I also like taking photos of the places that I go to. To find out more about my interest and travels, visit my Australian Wilderness Journeys site at http://kevinswilderness.com/index.html.
I am also researching my family history and Australian history, the results of my research can be found at http://particularbaptist.com/matthewshistory/index.html. This site is currently being moved to the particularbapist.com site as I further consolidate my various sites.
I am a horticulturist by trade, and I have a site I'm developing along horticultural lines at http://particularbaptist.com/horticulture.html.
What am I currently reading?
As always I seem to have a large number of reading projects under way. At the moment I am reading the following works:
What Software Did I Use to Make This Site?
When I made the first version of the site a couple of years ago I actually hand wrote all the code, which obviously took me quite a while. Since then I cam across 'Namo WebEditor' on a computer magazine and have been using that ever since. It's an extremely fast and useful editor for making web sites, though I don't have the current version, which I'm sure would be far superior to what I have.
For other areas of the site I use an older version of Paintshop Pro (from a computer magazine cover) for graphics work, Selteco Bannershop GIF Animator 3 (computer magazine cover) for the banners and a number of other software programmes for various other aspects of the content and site.
KEVIN'S LIBRARY:
The page for 'Kevin's Library' is one that is quite different to the Outpost Library. Kevin's Library is a work in perpetual progress and will include (eventually) a complete listing of books in my extensive library. Eventually there will be reviews, comments, etc, included.
To visit Kevin's Library:
http://particularbaptist.com/kevins/kevinslibrary.html
EBAY:
I'm quite into Ebay by the way and if you would like to look at my Ebay page you can find it via the link below:
http://cgi3.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=itskevin069
Ebay has been something of a gold mine for me. Why do I say that? Well, I have been able to buy some very good old books, which has led to more content being added to Aussie Outpost.
MY SPACE:
I'm not really sure why I have this happening (My Space). I think it could be to get potential visitors to pop in and have a look around. It could be to see I can meet anyone new out there in the World Wide Web. As I say, not really sure. Visit the site at:
http://www.myspace.com/wildernesskev
FACEBOOK:
One of the ways I like to keep in touch with family and friends is via Facebook, the social network site. If you want to keep in touch with me via Facebook, then visit:
http://profile.to/kevinmatthews/
LETTERS AND UPDATES:
I have had a mail group operating for some time to which I posted 'regular' letters and updates. However, this has not happened for some time and I intend to remove the mail group. I will be consolidating the various letters and updates here. Should you wish to receive a copy of the latest letter/update to your inbox, simply send me an email requesting a copy. Archives will be posted here.
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2008:
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