Category: Theology

God is love and God is Trinity

Mike Reeves opens his book “The Good God” with this comment: “God is love”: those three words could hardly be more bouncy.  They seem lively, lovely and as warming as a crackling fire.  But ‘God is a Trinity’?  No, hardly the same effect, that sounds cold and stodgy.[1] But like me, Reeves is firmly convinced… Continue reading God is love and God is Trinity

Talking about God –starting in a surprising place

Lies about God lead to mess and destruction in our lives.  So we will want to respond to those lies with truth in order to re-orientate and correct our view of what God is like.  Where to begin? Now here’s the surprise: we’re going to start by talking about the Doctrine of the Trinity.  That… Continue reading Talking about God –starting in a surprising place

Love God, love the saviour -lessons from a typo

When reading through my article on a theology of risk, a friend spotted a fascinating typo.  I had intended to write “One way in which I love God with my whole heart is by loving my neighbour as myself” Instead I’d written: “One way in which I love God with my whole heart is by… Continue reading Love God, love the saviour -lessons from a typo

Did Jesus really not care about doctrinal orthodoxy?

A comment I frequently hear/see is that “Jesus of Nazareth” wasn’t much interested in doctrinal orthodox, especially when it comes to our doctrine of God and the Trinity.  It tends to come from those quarters where people want to place an emphasis on following Jesus’ example and teaching, especially when it comes to social agendas.… Continue reading Did Jesus really not care about doctrinal orthodoxy?

The Complementarian compass

When we think about questions relating to the relationship between husbands and wives in the home and the role of men and women in the church, we tend to think of the debate being primarily between complementarians and egalitarians with a binary choice.  I want to suggest that there are good reasons for not seeing… Continue reading The Complementarian compass

Applying Revelation to Israel and Gaza

It’s fascinating that the most read article on Faithroots, even, is the one titled Israel, conflict and end times prophecy.  I wonder how many people clicked on the post expecting and perhaps hoping for one of those articles which carefully sets out what how exactly current events are fulfilling Daniel and Revelation.  Given that few… Continue reading Applying Revelation to Israel and Gaza

How clear is Scripture?

The other day, when looking at the place of tradition, I referred to something referred to as “the clarity of Scripture” or sometimes known as “the perspicuity of Scripture.”  As you read that, you might have wondered “but if Scripture is clear, then why is it that not only I struggle at times to understand… Continue reading How clear is Scripture?