Category: Theology

An Alcoholic meets the Trinity

Methuselah was one of the people we met a few weeks back.  He had a drink problem. Now we know what The Bible has to say about alcohol. Whilst wine gladdens the heart (Psalm 104:15; Ecclesiastes 10:19) and is useful for sickness (1 Timothy 5:23), drunkenness damages and is associated with folly (Proverbs 20:1; 21:17). … Continue reading An Alcoholic meets the Trinity

The Trinity and broken friendships

We now come to Precosia, the last of the group of people we met a little while back. With each of the scenarios, we have seen that what we believe about God and specifically about the Trinity is relevant to how we handle pastoral situations in the life of the church. The Doctrine of the… Continue reading The Trinity and broken friendships

The Trinity, Family and work

In our last post, we met Albert Hall. Albert is good at his job, but also working incredibly long hours.  How does what he believes affect how he lives? Our aim here is not to go through every aspect of the pastoral situation.  We may well come back and do that later in order to… Continue reading The Trinity, Family and work

Applying the Trinity – meet some people

We’ve kept saying that what we believe affects how we live.  So what does it mean to live out our belief in God the Trinity in daily life?  It’s time to meet some people. Albert First of all, meet Albert. Albert is 45 years old, married with two children and he works as a manager… Continue reading Applying the Trinity – meet some people

Applying the Trinity

We’ve already seen something of how important the Doctrine of the Trinity is. It points us clearly to God’s character as the God who is love and it is essential to our understanding of salvation. We now want to pick up on one or two other practical applications. Unity and Diversity What type of Universe… Continue reading Applying the Trinity

Why what we think about The Trinity Matters

We’ve kept emphasising that what we believe about God matters.  When we talk about the Trinity, we are not just in the business of theological formulations and intellectual arguments.  This stuff matters practically for our daily lives and our eternal assurance. Three things that matter:  What we can and can’t say about the Trinity My… Continue reading Why what we think about The Trinity Matters

What the Bible tells us about the Trinity

Is the Trinity Biblical? “The Trinity is just made up. The word doesn’t even exist in the Bible.” Down through history, this has been the great objection raised against orthodox Christian belief. In modern times, the Jehovah’s Witnesses in particular have argued vehemently that the whole idea owes more to pagan religion and philosophy than… Continue reading What the Bible tells us about the Trinity

Another helper

Whilst working through Mark’s Gospel in early 2015 at Bearwood Chapel, we kept coming  back to some questions that followed a theme: “What stops me?” “What stops me from seeing God for who He is?”                                                                   “What stops me from worshipping?” “What stops me from truly knowing God?” “What stops me from trusting and taking God… Continue reading Another helper

Embodied or virtual?

 I would like to return to one of the big questions from the pandemic.  What is embodied worship and does it really matter?  As I wrote recently, there seemed to be an assumption in debates that there were those who cared passionately about Scripture’s injunctions to gather or assemble for worship, who believed that this… Continue reading Embodied or virtual?