About Rev DHJ

 Rev DHJ

 Hello, my name is David Haydn Jenkins. I am a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Wales and live in Brecon, Wales – a beautiful part of the British Isles. 

Brecon Presbyterian Church

I have wide interests in religion, science, music and literature.

I was born in 1951 and am married to Jane, who is also an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church of Wales.

  

Rev Jane Jenkins

 We have three grown up children and seven grandchildren.

My hobbies: playing guitar and banjo, walking dog, hand weaving, reading.

Education: I gained an honours degree in Applied Science ( Biology and Chemistry)  in the University of Wales, Cardiff, in 1973.

I gained an honours degree in Theology in the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1985.
 
I was ordained a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Wales in 1986.

The most important thing in my life is my relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
I intend to use this blog to reflect on questions of faith.

Note: none of the material on this weblog is copyright. Anyone who finds it helpful may use it in sermons, articles, print and reprint, with or without acknowledgement.

If you have any questions about Christianity, just send them to me by e-mail: 

david_h_jenkins@yahoo.co.uk 

I will try to answer them from my perspective as a Christian believer. There are not easy answers to every question but sometimes people make things more complicated than they should be.

Here is a simple statement of the Christian faith:

[The Short Confession of the Presbyterian Church of Wales]

  • We believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator and Ruler of all things.
  • We believe in Jesus Christ, His only-begotten Son, our Lord and Saviour. Through His life, His death on the Cross, and His Resurrection, He overcame sin and death, forgiving our sins and reconciling us to God.
  • We believe in the Holy Spirit. Through Him Christ dwells in those who believe Him, sanctifying them in the truth.
  • We believe in the Church, the Body of Christ and the fellowship of the saints, in the Holy Scriptures and in the Ministry of the Word and the Sacraments.
  • We believe in the coming of the Kingdom of God and in the blessed hope of the life eternal through our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • We believe that the chief end of *Man is to glorify God and to enjoy Him for ever.

(* “Man” in this context refers to all human beings.)