I heard this way of considering the Trinity for the first time recently from a co-worker. If you take out the graham cracker, chocolate, or the marshmallow, you do not have a s’more. Each is integral to the reality of the s’more. Each person of the Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit is integral to […]
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The Becoming of G-d
The Becoming of G-d by Ian Mobsby is a wandering look at the nature of God as Trinity, ecclesiology, spirituality and the interactions thereof. The Becoming of G-d is Mobsby’s second book and was published in May 2008. From Mobsby’s website: Ian Mobsby is one of the founding members of the Moot Community with past […]
This is a guest post from deviant monk. I recommend both his blog and podcast. Would you like to guest blog at Thoughts of Resurrection? If he were still alive, St. Augustine would almost certainly listen to the podcast God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in […]
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Reflecting on the Trinity
I have thoroughly enjoyed thinking and writing about the Trinity this week. Thanks to Kim and Kyle for the invitation to be a part of the Sunday morning small group taster out of which these questions originated. For more information about the source of these questions read the post – What is the Trinity? What […]
Are there any references to the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament? The particular understanding of the Holy Spirit as a person of the Trinity comes out of thought around the revelation of Jesus Christ. Thinking about the relationships between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are not something that originate out of the Old […]
Is the Holy Spirit equal to the Father and the Son or is it a go-between? Diagrams… This question included a drawing of my description of a way of Visualizing the Trinity that Thomas Weinandy’s thesis might suggest. I think that this question points out a possible weakness in this way of thinking about the […]
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Visualizing the Trinity
What is the best way to visualize or explain the Trinity to someone? Let me say first, that an attempt to diagram the Trinity is quite ridiculous. There is no way that God can be circumscribed in words or pictures. However, I do think that it is faithful to seek to understand and what follows […]
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Explaining the Trinity
With the idea of the Trinity being so easy to say “Father, Son and Holy Spirit.” I want some pointers on how to begin explaining to somebody that doesn’t understand (as much as I try to). How do you correct people that say that there can’t be the three separate things and one God? I […]
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Grasping the Trinity
How do you feel about the Trinity? How long did it take for you to start to get a grasp of it? I feel good about the Trinity. I agree with deviantmonk in the comment on Physics of the Trinity. As far as I’m concerned, [the Trinity is] the bedrock of Christian theology, worldview, ethics, […]
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Belief in the Trinity
Do you think it is important to God that we believe we understand the Holy Trinity or do you think He wants us to constantly be trying to understand? I think that it is important that we have faith that seeks understanding of the Trinity and many other theological concepts – atonement, salvation, forgiveness. Some […]
Could you explain further immanent and economic Trinity? I am still confused about the difference and how they relate. Are they two different Trinities or just two aspects of one Trinity? There is one Trinity and the terms immanent and economic are ways for us to think about the Trinity. Referring to the immanent Trinity […]
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Physics of the Trinity
Please walk me through the physics of the Trinity. I believe that the Trinity exists in a way of being that is quite different from the way of existence that we understand as humans. I do not think that there is any way of understanding the Trinity in terms of physics. I would certainly not […]
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