Showing posts with label Trinity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trinity. Show all posts
Sunday, May 31, 2026

Pursuing a knowledge of God, and pursuing godliness

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Today, on Trinity Sunday, I am reminded of how eagerly we can pursue a knowledge of God, how thirsty we are for a deeper understanding of Go...
Sunday, November 29, 2020

The Question of Christ's Relation to God: Sample writings from the 100's AD

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There is a question that keeps recurring in Christian thought: "Is Jesus subordinate to God?" Since the question of whether a huma...
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Sunday, October 25, 2020

Why the Holy Spirit was not a Driving Force for the Doctrine of Trinity

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If the early Christian church had believed Jesus to be simply human, they would not have developed a doctrine of the Trinity. If we ask, ...
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Sunday, October 18, 2020

Trinity: Why did Christians develop such a different understanding of God?

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All of Jesus' original apostles were Jewish. Of the documents in the New Testament, only two (Luke and Acts) were known to be written by...
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Sunday, October 11, 2020

Reviewing the Trinity: Authority, Proof Texts, and Ways Forward

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I have a long-standing interest in the tracing the origins of the teachings of the church. The Trinity has an interesting place among Christ...
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Sunday, June 16, 2019

c# theology: How clearly can we explain what we are saying about God?

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Logic is a useful tool, and originally a branch of philosophy. Then computers were invented, and over the years logical languages became far...
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Monday, May 28, 2018

The Concept of Trinity as a Venn Diagram, and Divine Simplicity

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I hope any reader does not find it too irreverent to use a Venn diagram in discussing the nature of God. Yesterday many Christians celebrate...
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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Grace and the Trinity

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The current series on grace has three main posts still planned: this entry plus two others. There is also some additional material that may ...
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Saturday, May 29, 2010

"My Father is greater than I" - the road less traveled

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"My Father is greater than I." - Jesus. (John 14:28) The problem We Christians are generally taught that Jesus is equal to the Fat...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Re-thinking the shape of the Trinity: Part 5

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In the context of Trinitarian studies It is true enough that this study could easily be placed in our understanding simply as favoring an ec...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Re-thinking the shape of the Trinity: Part 4

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Alternate image #2: Outward-reaching TriCircle The next of the alternate images I would envision still contains three circles, but now conce...
Monday, March 16, 2009

Re-thinking the shape of the Trinity: Part 3

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Alternate image #1: TriCircle with Person and Content The first alternate image of the Trinity I would suggest has God in context. This symb...
Sunday, March 15, 2009

Re-thinking the shape of the Trinity: Part 2

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The 2009 Trinity Blogging Summit is expected to be up soon at Nick Norelli's blog. The first part of my submission appeared on this blo...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Re-thinking the shape of the Trinity: Part 1

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Nick Norelli is hosting the 2009 Trinity Blogging Summit. This post covers the introductory section of my submission to this year's sum...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Fine-tuning the doctrine of the Trinity?

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I waited until now, after Lent was over, to discuss the controversial parts of my submission to the recent 2008 Trinity Blogging Summit . Em...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Scripture and the bounds of certainty

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Mark over at Pseudo-Polymath has a question for Sola Scriptura adherents . He names a variety of doctrines and asks how does a Sola Scriptu...
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Saturday, April 28, 2007

The Trinity, God's Essence, God's Energies

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Awhile back, Mark at Pseudo-Polymath graciously took up the question I put down at a previous Christian Reconciliation Carnival: for someone...
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006

When feminist theology re-invents the Trinity ...

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This continues a short series on whether feminist theology is neglecting the everyday voice of women in the church. It is common for the ega...
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