We can choose to believe either truth or lies about God. Earlier, we named the lies: that God is not good and/or God is not great/ sovereign. That if there is a God, then he must be either infinite and all powerful, but therefore distant, impersonal, disinterested or even cruel, but certainly not loving, good… Continue reading God in the Dock – challenges to His greatness and goodness (Part 1)
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God is holy
What happens when you put God’s goodness and sovereignty together? The answer is that you get a sense of God’s glory and holiness. What is holiness? Well, it is something to do with being distinct and different. When applied to people and objects, it means they are set apart as special, precious, God’s personal possession.… Continue reading God is holy
The goodness of God
So God is sovereign, he is infinite, all powerful, knows everything and is in control. But that still doesn’t answer the question ‘what is God like?’ This all-powerful God could be a sort of gentle giant or a mean ogre. In fact, for many people, the description of an all-powerful God is likely to suggest… Continue reading The goodness of God
God is sovereign
As we think about who God is and what He is like, we keep coming back to those two big lies we can end up believing: that either God is not good or God is not sovereign (and sometimes both). In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were presented with this twin temptation and… Continue reading God is sovereign
Simple
God is simple. That might be a surprising thing to say – shocking even. We tend to use the word pejoratively. In our world, simple is associated with inferiority and stupidity. In our world, things move from simple to complex. So we had better sort out quickly what we mean by simple and complex in… Continue reading Simple
What is God like?
A little while back, we opened up the question about “Who is God?” We saw that people can either believe the truth about God or lies about God. It is when we believe lies about God that we end up in a mess. Believing lies leads to sin and idolatry; believing lies about God means… Continue reading What is God like?
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
Relationships and the Trinity
Remember Juliet? We left her sitting in a coffee shop gazing into the eyes of Romeo. So, a few days later, you meet up with Juliet for coffee and you broach the subject: “So who’s the guy?” She tells you that they met at work, they really like each other and have been on one… Continue reading Relationships and the Trinity
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
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
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