Moneyreagh Non Subscribing Presbyterian Church

Moneyreagh Non-Subscribing Presbyterian church
Sunday 16th June 2024.
Address: ‘Father’s Day’

Friends, today is Father’s Day. So, I hope I will be forgiven for departing from the Lectionary on this occasion and focussing instead on this special day. In doing so, I am conscious of the continuing growth of single-parent, and in particular, single-mum households in the United Kingdom.

I came across this interesting statistic. As of 2022, there were 2.94 million single parent families in the UK. 84% of these were single mother families, with millions of Dads absent, whilst Mums were struggling on raising the children. Of course, we have to be careful. There are many reasons for single-parent families, and many reasons why Dads might be absent. Mums may choose to be single-parents and to see this as an empowering and positive choice. I get that. But still, I suspect that for many, perhaps most, they really would prefer Dads to be around; not least as boys need good role models.

To be clear, most Dads are around! This too is really important. That despite social trends, most relationships which lead to children, still involve loving and committed parents, with Dads stepping up. So today we remember and celebrate all the good Dads out there, including those 457,000 lone parent families where there is only Dad raising the children.

You will know that I was raised by my Dad. My Mum, passed away soon after I was born, and my Dad raised six of us, so I know just how special a good Dad is, and why we should take time to remember and honour Father’s Day.

Our first reading was Exodus 20:1-17 (NLT):

‘Then God gave the people all these instructions:: “I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery. You must not have any other god but me. “You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea. You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods.’

Let’s go back to basics. Go back to the Ten Commandments. Here we are told that we must put God first. For we will surely worship something else if we do not worship the One God! So here is the mark of a good Dad, someone who has the right priorities, who does not make an idol of work or wealth of fame or fortune. Someone, who knows that his life is not about him, who knows bad decisions have bad consequences.

‘I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected - even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me. But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands.’

Choices have consequences. Even on their children. Good Dads get this. Bad ones don’t. And we know from scripture that we are called to get our priorities right, taking time for God and taking time for family and taking time for leisure:

“You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name. Remember to observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the Lord your God. On that day no one in your household may do any work. This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, your livestock, and any foreigners living among you.’

Good Dads have time. They give time to their children. They make time to talk with them, encourage them, and to be part of their lives. They know the importance of leisure together with those they love after all, even God embraced rest:

‘For in six days the Lord made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. That is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.’

And, of course, God makes clear that parents matter:

“Honour your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your God is giving you. “You must not murder. “You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. “You must not testify falsely against your neighbour. You must. not covet your neighbour’s house. You must not covet your neighbour’s wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbour.”

So Dads matter, behaviours matter. Many do get this and we thank God that many Dads continue to live and to lead lives of integrity; even seeking to the follow the example of Christ Himself which brings me to our second reading.

Our second reading was from John 15:9-17 (NLT):

“I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

Sacrificial love! That is at the heart of fatherhood. Following Christ’s great example! For in then end, it can only be about love, the best of us, of Dads love deeply and selflessly, copying – however imperfectly – God’s redeeming love for us all revealed in Christ Jesus. Our Master makes this clear:

“You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. This is my command: Love each other.”

Love one another! Our take away message for Father’s Day! Begin by giving some extra love for all those Dads who continue to meet their responsibilities, despite a rapidly changing world. For parenting matters and Dads matter, and when they get it right, as often they do, they mirror that Divine Love of our Heavenly Father above. So remember your Dad today, and if you are a Dad, keep on loving. Amen.

Reverend Christopher Wilson, MA – 5th June 2024

Today's lovely flowers to welcome us all to church this morning at Moneyreagh. Please come and join us at 11.30 AM. Everyone very welcome!

Delighted to promote this event being held by our sister church in Comber. Please support their efforts as they have always supported ours. Every blessing Rev Chris.

Great production last night by Manna. Smaller attendance, no doubt affected by awful weather, but very much appreciated by all who came along.
A very big thank you to everyone involved, the ladies who prepared refreshments, Peter, Berna and Robert who helped with the accommodation, as well as visiting clergy who supported, my Sandra who made the whole thing happen and the wonderful Crick family who blessed us with their talents.
We even raised a little money for both them and our church as well. God is good! Rev Chris.

A couple of pictures from last night. There is still time to come and see the production. This family is truly living the life set out by Christ, teaching and sharing their experiences of where life is totally touched by The Lord.

All good to go for tonight at 7.00 PM. 'Relentless Love' at the Lyttle Memorial Hall. Everyone welcome! Still can buy tickets at the door. £10 each bank transfer accepted as well as cash.

A wonderful, moving piece about the role of the first Military Chaplain who landed on D-Day. Under fire this Methodist Minister sought to recover the bodies of the fallen and to ensure they had Christian burials with proper records kept for their loved one. Inspirational. Rev Chris.

The D-Day Chaplain Who Left No Man Behind Reverend Leslie Skinner was a Methodist Minister and the first British Army Chaplain to land on the D-Day beaches in Normandy. His heroic efforts to recover ...

Moneyreagh Non-Subscribing Presbyterian church
Sunday 9th June 2024.
Address: ‘What is a Christian?’

Friends, what is Christian? You know, it really is a very interesting question, when you think about it. Not least as you a likely to get very different answers depending upon who you decide talk to! Of course, some churches claim they alone are ‘Christians’ all others are heretics or apostates or pagans.

Not a very Christian attitude, if I may so say so. Still, the differences of opinion are very real. I remember once hearing of an Orthodox Priest; we forget that the basic division within the Christian family is a three-way and not a two way split: Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant.

For this Orthodox Priest, they were the true Christians. Remembering the original split of 1054, he felt resolving division in the Christian family was easy to do. All that had to happen was for Protestant churches to rejoin the Catholic Church and then for that church to rejoin the Orthodox!

For other Christians, it is about the Sacraments. Seven or two, depending on your view, one puts you in tent and the other one doesn’t. Important questions, certainly but I am not sure that remains the essential definition. For others, it is about creeds and/or confessions of faith. Which do you sign up to? The Apostles creed? Or the Nicene? Or the Athanasian or all three? Or maybe, just the Westminster Confession of Faith? Or not, as the case may be. So with all the disagreement, this question matters. We should at least be able to answer be referring to today’s bible readings.

Our first reading was Psalm 130 (NLT):

‘From the depths of despair, O Lord, I call for your help. Hear my cry, O Lord. Pay attention to my prayer. Lord, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive? But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you. I am counting on the Lord; yes, I am counting on him. I have put my hope in his word. I long for the Lord more than sentries long for the dawn, yes, more than sentries long for the dawn. O Israel, hope in the Lord; for with the Lord there is unfailing love. His redemption overflows. He himself will redeem Israel from every kind of sin.’

This was a song for pilgrim of old approaching Jerusalem. Of course, this comes from the Old Testament and reflects the Jewish tradition, but from that rock our faith is hewn and it points to truths that any real understanding of what it means to be a Christian should surely express.

The first, that our faith should be God-centred! A Christian should look to God, not to Man for redemption; ever conscious our own sinful nature. Accepting this point, it seems – at least – unwise to use man made creeds, or church made rules, as the ultimate bench-mark as to what defines a Christian. Simply put, Man is fallible. God - in Christ - is not.

Our second reading was Mark 3:20-35 (NLT):

‘One time Jesus entered a house, and the crowds began to gather again. Soon he and his disciples couldn’t even find time to eat. When his family heard what was happening, they tried to take him away. “He’s out of his mind,” they said. But the teachers of religious law who had arrived from Jerusalem said, “He’s possessed by Satan, the prince of demons. That’s where he gets the power to cast out demons.”

Those Pharisees! How often did the religious of Christ’s day get things wrong! Jesus did not conform to their religious rules, and so they could only conclude that his healing was ‘demonic’. They were unable to see that it was their understanding which was wrong. They wanted to put God in a box, just as many still try to do today. Forgetting another essential truth that it is God who defines Man, and never Man who defines God! Our passage then continues:

‘Jesus called them over and responded with an illustration. “How can Satan cast out Satan?” he asked. “A kingdom divided by civil war will collapse. Similarly, a family splintered by feuding will fall apart. And if Satan is divided and fights against himself, how can he stand? He would never survive. Let me illustrate this further. Who is powerful enough to enter the house of a strong man and plunder his goods? Only someone even stronger - someone who could tie him up and then plunder his house.’

Good is stronger than evil! God is stronger than Satan, and where there is good there is God, so then another clue that the mark of a Christian is found in the doing of good, in the casting out of evil. We may not be miracle workers as our Lord was, but we can still follow his His example in a kind word, or a loving self-sacrificial act. Just be open to surprises:

“I tell you the truth, all sin and blasphemy can be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. This is a sin with eternal consequences.” He told them this because they were saying, “He’s possessed by an evil spirit.”

Note here, Christ’s emphasis on the Holy Spirit. This IS how God is at work in the world, and Christ IS condemnatory of those who condemn this power for, change, and for good. So again another clue, a Christian is someone who seeks to be open to the Holy Spirit and who affirms that the same will go where God – and not Man – determines.

But in the end, Christ clarifies what churches get wrong:

‘Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him. They stood outside and sent word for him to come out and talk with them. There was a crowd sitting around Jesus, and someone said, “Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you.” Jesus replied, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” Then he looked at those around him and said, “Look, these are my mother and brothers. Anyone who does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”

Jesus Himself answers the question. Our Lord, cuts through all the nonsense that Christianity has accumulated over two millennia. And so, in the end it is this. A Christian is one whose faith is centred on God and not Man. A Christian is one who knows that good is stronger than evil, and who looks the for transformative power of the Holy Spirit in all people.

Above all, a Christian is someone who does God’s will. Living and loving as Jesus taught us all, following His great example in all things. Denominational differences will remain, but are unimportant when compared with these simple truths. Summarised in three words: Jesus is Lord! Amen.

Reverend Christopher Wilson, MA – 2nd June 2024

Today's lovely flowers to welcome us all to church this morning at 11.30 AM. Please come and join us. Everyone very welcome!

Tickets are still available for both of the Manna Theatre productions. Please contact Mrs Sandra Wilson on 06958162352 for tickets.

Please watch the video to learn a little bit more about their story.

Meet Manna Manna Theatre Company is an amazing evangelistic ministry, but who are the people behind it and what does Manna do, find out in this video.

From Rev Chris:

Take a moment

Take a moment, stop and pause
Recalling democracy's cause

Of how the same was almost lost
And late redeemed, at such a cost

How D-Day, 80 years now past
Brought us a legacy to last

So we can chose, and vote, and will
Our own future, bearing none ill

For as they went to Normandy
A cost was paid to keep us free

From N**I Germany's evil stain
From all that hurt, and loss and pain

Those young men then, who went ashore
Into the smoke and fire of war

Bought with their lives, our better time
Of peaceful lives and days of fine

Sunshine and laughter and family
That they knew not, our liberty!

Take a moment, stop and pause
Remember those old survivors of war

And how, in blood, 80 years ago
Was born the world that we now know

A world where here, we choose our way
A consequence of their D-Day

Rev Chris.

Poster changed at church. We live in a beautiful world. Let's remember to thank God for it. Come and join us every Sunday at 11.30 AM. Blessings! Rev Chris.

Moneyreagh Non-Subscribing Presbyterian church
Sunday 2nd June 2024.
Address: ‘Keep the Faith!’

Friends, we live in challenging times! Do you feel that at present? So often, we look back with affection and forward with worry and concern. Maybe, this is something to do with daily diet of bad which assails us from the media, social media and the newspapers?

To be fair, there is much that is worrying. The war in the Ukraine grinds on, with no sign that Putin’s aggression ending anytime soon. The events in the Gaza continue to present awful images of Palestinian civilians caught in the conflict, not forgetting those Israelis still held hostage, as well those shocking stories of the r**e and abduction of women.

Closer to home, we now have a General Election. However we vote, it is important that we do so. But our country does seem unsettled and troubled, with many struggling to pay bills, to make ends meet, or waiting for far too long or see dentists or doctors.

And we have had the erosion of Christian conviction. Almost overlooked in the news was the recent report that a majority in Scotland now say that they have ‘no religion’. Now, organised religion, including Christianity, has made many missteps including stressing rules over relationships and an over-emphasis on dogma. But, to turn your back on Christ is truly awful and ultimately self-defeating. The world needs His way of love and peace, more than ever before. Our troubled world still needs to keep the faith.

Our first reading was 2.Corinthians 4:5-12 (NLT):

‘You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.’

You know, we can learn a lot from those early Christians. We can learn a lot from Paul. He was human, of course, and not right on all he said and wrote, but time and again he hits the nail on the head. He reminds us in Corinthians that we should be Christ focussed and in all Jesus said and did, we find the answers that we need and the peace that we seek:

‘We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.’

Our faith comes from God! And, if we allow it, it will transform how we live and how we love. It will also give us certainty in world of confusion, and clarity when confronted with all those things which can trouble or worry us. Paul reminds us that suffering is nothing new (those early Christians faced real persecution and suffering) and that then, and now, Christians face hostility and misunderstanding. Yet, through it all, Christ offers the answers which transform:

‘We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies. ‘Yes, we live under constant danger of death because we serve Jesus, so that the life of Jesus will be evident in our dying bodies. So we live in the face of death, but this has resulted in eternal life for you.’

But note, it is Christ not Christianity. Again, organised religion can be a problem, often is a problem. Churches may seek to be body of the Christ, but they are also human institutions and time and again, make bad decision; on women, or race (remember apartheid?) or sexuality or obsessing on some irrelevant part of scripture, out of context.

Our second reading was Mark 2:23-28 (NLT):

‘One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat. But the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?”

Now, this is important. It really matters. Jesus was accused of undermining His religion but not observing religious law. Just as today, some in Christianity prefer legalism to love. His response is powerful and challenges both dogma and atheism alike. God, in Christ, calls us to loving actions. That is true religion, care, compassion, thinking of God and others:

‘Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He went into the house of God (during the days when Abiathar was high priest) and broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests are allowed to eat. He also gave some to his companions.”

We should remember we worship God not the book! And that our faith is in Christ. Not dogma, Christ. Not liberalism, Christ. Not religion, Christ. Now ideologies, but Christ; for when we make His value our values the world will be changed and our faith in Him matters more that our religion:

‘Then Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath!”

Friends, in a troubled world we are faced with choices. Perhaps even a crossroad where three paths confront us. One says ‘no faith’, where if we believe in nothing, we will in the end believe in anything. That way lies ruin, as history teaches us, and the times we live in, prove that following Man will lead time and again to trouble, violence and war.

Another is marked, ‘religion and rules’. Where faith is reduced to dogma, and where the modern Pharisees stand tall, looking to oppress, marginalise or dismiss. Such religion has nothing to do with Christ. This too is a false path.

The last is ‘true faith’. Faith in Christ not Christianity! The faith of those early disciples who knew that caring for the ‘widow and orphan’ was true religion, and who took love of God and neighbour, following in their Master’s footsteps to be all, to be everything they need. That is the faith we must share. That is faith we must keep. Keep the faith! For that alone give us our guiding light in a still troubled and troubling world! Amen.

Reverend Christopher Wilson, MA – 23rd May 2024.

Today's lovely flowers to welcome us all to church this morning at Moneyreagh at 11.30 AM. Do come and join us. Everyone very welcome!

Relentless Love by Manna Theatre
Wednesday 12th June 7pm
Thursdsy 13th June 7pm

TICKETS ARE STARTING TO GO!

Please email [email protected], text 07958162352 or phone 02890449713 to get your tickets allocated.

Payments can be made via direct bank transfer, via paypal or cash at the Manse.

If you are unable to attend but would like to donate towards the fundraising please contact Sandra using the details above so donations can be made.

Relentless Legacy is their Christmas production.

Relentless Legacy | Preview Our musical 'Relentless Legacy' re-tells the story of the birth of Christ in a new way, book us on our website today.

Dear Friends, I am DELIGHTED to announce that we have been able to book Manna Theatre to perform in The Lyttle Memorial Hall on Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th June, at 7pm.

This is a tremendous result for our church as this Christian theatre group is in considerable demand.

It is the first time they have ever been to Northen Ireland.

Please make a note of the dates. Tickets are £10 each with money raised to be shared between Manna Theatre and our Church. More news on this to follow. Rev Chris.

Tickets are available from Mrs Sandra Wilson [email protected]
07958162352
Or PM this page.

Moneyreagh Non-Subscribing Presbyterian church
Sunday 26th May 2024.
Address: ‘On the Trinity’

Friends, today is ‘Trinity Sunday’. It is one of the most important dates in the Christian calendar. It is also one most, but not all, churches consider and explore. It is an important aspect of the Christian faith. For many Christians, the Doctrine of the Trinity represents an important non-negotiable. It is usually expressed in terms that there is One God, comprising three Persons (who are each God); Father, Son and Holy Spirit and that these three are co-equal and co-eternal, all as agreed by the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.

Many Christians believe this. Those many, I warrant, are not able to explain how this works in any comprehensible way. By comparison, others take the same approach as might be offered towards such statements as the Westminster Confession of Faith. They assent to it, but avoid talking about it, lest they too become confronted with its difficulties.

Of course, our denomination is doctrinally pluralist. Now this is really important. We are non-subscribers, and so allow the authority of conscience in the reading of Scripture; uniting in common work and witness both Unitarian Christians (those who affirm that God is One) and Trinitarian Christians; as well as those who adopt neither, or some different view. Care must be taken not to proclaim (as some do) that the NSPCI is either a Trinitarian or Unitarian denomination; for then we would begin to exclude one side or the other within our household of faith. To state it in the plainest of terms, ours is neither a Trinitarian nor Unitarian denomination but rather is one which contains both and values religious freedom.

Still, the question matters. So I want to today to explore it, suggesting where we might in the end ‘land’ on it. But, of course, you are all free to disagree! Let me know afterwards.

In the Old Testament, the issue is plain enough. There is only One God, and this summarised in that great Jewish statement of faith, known as the Shema. The word is Hebrew for ‘hear’ and perhaps its most powerful statement is found in our first reading. There really can be no doubt that for Jews, God was, is, and can only and ever One.

Our first reading was Deuteronomy 6:4-9 (NLT):

“Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.’

So God is One! God can only be known by His prophets. Moses, of course, becomes the most important of these but many others follow whose teachings – in the end – are ignored, leading again to slavery and captivity. The people enslaved in Egypt now become enslaved in Babylon. Finally able to return to Jerusalem, but now under Roman occupation they await the promised Messiah, which brings us to Jesus.

Important point follows. Jesus Himself quotes the Shema, word for word as part of His Great Commandment in Mark 12:29-30. So Jesus too affirms that God is One, so does that makes us all Unitarians? Sorry, it is really not that simple for whilst the Trinity is never defined in Scripture (indeed the word itself is never used in the Bible) it is continually implied, particularly in the New Testament, and that brings me nicely to our second reading.

Our second reading was John 3:1-17 (NLT):

‘There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee. After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.” Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.” “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?”

So, Nicodemus accepts Jesus as a prophet. He also acknowledges that God is working through Him, by miraculous acts, but struggles with the idea of human transformation arising from encounter with the Holy Spirit:
‘Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”

To be clear, we hear those words, ‘Holy Spirit’! This comes from God, transforms our lives, and is critical, key, to any of us becoming children of God. In other words, we encounter God as Father (source) but also by and through the Holy Spirit (action). As Jesus explains, the God we worship is not absent from His creation, but is ever and always active within it:

“How are these things possible?” Nicodemus asked. Jesus replied, “You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things? I assure you, we tell you what we know and have seen, and yet you won’t believe our testimony. But if you don’t believe me when I tell you about earthly things, how can you possibly believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has ever gone to heaven and returned. But the Son of Man has come down from heaven. And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.’

Here, Jesus is seeking to move Nicodemus. Move him from a dogmatic monotheism (dare I say, a dogmatic Unitarianism) which puts God up-there, out-there, somewhere, but only known through the Torah (law), or prophets, to an understanding that the (One) God is encountered in creative and personal ways, not least in and through Christ Himself!

In other words, Jesus IS the Son of God. And that by and through the Son, we know the very character of the God! So, we now have the One God, encountered as Father, known through the Son, and felt by each and all of us (by faith) in and through the Holy Spirit. Just as John makes clear:

“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.’

To deny this kind of trinity (as opposed Trinity) is unwise. It is continually implied in the New Testament, not least and often in the letters of Paul. But, in no place is it set out as a dogmatic formula not does it (nor could it) ever compromise the essential Unity of God. So One God met and encountered in three remarkable ways but denying simplistic summary.

This seems a good place to land, One God, met in Three ways. Or would we prefer narrow Unitarian or Trinitarian dogma, with each forever seeking to exclude the other? Amen.

Reverend Christopher Wilson, MA – 18th May 2024