If like me you have dodgy eye-sight, and spend a lot of time at the Opticians. You’ll be familiar with the question “better here …or better here” and then “okay, now try again with the last line you can read.” The optician is working hard to finally tune the prescription for your spectacles so that… Continue reading Getting the doctrine of the Trinity in focus
Tag: Doctrine of the Trinity
A regular reminder: If you want me to be confident about your interpretation of the past, start by leaving me confident about your interpretation of the present
This is a quote in On Classical Trinitarianism edited by Matthew Barrett and Todd Billings. “Consider, for instance, the predictably heretical perspective of many evangelicals concerning the Trinity. Evangelical understandings are improving, but a recent poll reported online in Christianity Today found 78 percent of evangelical respondents agreeing with Arius, though they had no idea… Continue reading A regular reminder: If you want me to be confident about your interpretation of the past, start by leaving me confident about your interpretation of the present
Bavinck, The Trinity and EFS
I recently saw some discussion on Facebook about a quote from H Bavinck. The quote is as follows: Nevertheless, this doctrine of the pact of salvation, despite its defective form, is rooted in a scriptural idea. For as Mediator, the Son is subordinate to the Father calls him his God (Ps. 22:2; John 20: 17),… Continue reading Bavinck, The Trinity and EFS
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
Keep within the lines
Remember when you learnt to colour in as a child? The priority was not to be an amazing artist on day one or to demonstrate your creativity. You had one job. Keep within the lines. The rule rule applies to theology too, especially when talking about the Trinity. There are a few new books coming… Continue reading Keep within the lines
My big concern about the Trinity Debate
In the debate and conversations about The Trinity one thing has particularly concerned me. To be clear, it’s not that I’m unbothered about the risk of theological error. I hope that comes through in my own articles. However, I’ve been struck by our struggle to disagree well and how much of that arises out of… Continue reading My big concern about the Trinity Debate
Submission revisited – why the Trinity debate matters
What we believe affects how we live. This means that you can’t really just have academic debates about Theology. Recent debates about the Trinity matter for two reasons. First because the most crucial aspect of how we live is our desire to know, love, worship, glorify and enjoy God. If we get our doctrine wrong… Continue reading Submission revisited – why the Trinity debate matters
Eternal Generation revisited
One of the key elements of the recent debate about the Trinity is the place of Eternal Generation in our understanding of who The Son is. For many years some of those who held to the so called Eternal Functional Subordination position expressed scepticism about this, notably Wayne Grudem and Bruce Ware. Grudem has commented:… Continue reading Eternal Generation revisited
Looking for more – a disappointing read of Simply Trinity
Well, you got a little bit of a taster of what is coming in this review in my previous two articles. You will have realised by now that the book I was referring to when I described how my judgements are formed was Simply Trinity by Matthew Barrett. I then addressed a specific example looking… Continue reading Looking for more – a disappointing read of Simply Trinity
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