Welcome!

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Welcome to the Above All Love blog!
 
Above All Love Ministries is an online writing and creativity ministry and also includes the in person itinerant preaching ministry of David Holdsworth.
 
A Statement of Faith

Dear friends in Christ, 
 
There are many good statements of faith and mission out there, but here is my contribution to these voices. It hopefully sums up my ministry in some measure.
 

 1. Jesus Christ is God manifest in the flesh, and apart from Him the true God can not fully be known, worshipped, or acknowledged. Jesus is fully revealed as the God who is love and whose gospel is peace. 

  2. Salvation is by faith in the atoning blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, apart from all human works and character. It is by Grace we are saved not by works, it is a gift from God, obtained through faith.  

 3. It is the supreme obligation of every saved person to obey the Lord Jesus Christ. We will fail no doubt often in this for we are mere humans - but our aim should be holiness. The two golden rules are to love God and love each other (even to love enemies). This is the kind of active faith that can change the world for the better.   

These three points are the pillars of my faith - the deity of Christ, salvation by faith in Him, obedience to His word. Do you believe these three things and if not why not take it into consideration? 

 

10 Things About Me

In addition to a statement of faith it is also  handy to have a few fun facts by way of introduction. So with that in mind here are 10 things about me:

I am autistic.  
I am a follower of Jesus. 
I am pro-peace.  
I live in Scotland.  
I like walking and nature. 
I like writing free verse. 
I work in an outdoor early years nursery. 
I have a speciality in work with ASN. 
I am not always right about things. 
I am still learning.
 
I hope this introduction in some way helps you get a sense of this ministry. 

Every blessing, 
David
 
Neurodiversity, Faith and Pacifism. Above all love!

 This logo was kindly created by Spectrum Sloth combining the infinity autism symbol and the Christian CND flag. I am grateful to Christian CND who were happy to allow this and pointed out that like the main stream CND symbol these symbols are meant to be freely used. I am also grateful that the autism symbol has been released to the public domain.

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