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
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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?
Jesus through the son lens
The other day, I wrote about how a Muslim asked me to read the Gospels through what he called “the prophet lens”. He thought this would make better sense than a Christian hermeneutic. I was happy to do this because the Bible points to Jesus as Prophet, Priest and King. So the prophet lens will… Continue reading Jesus through the son lens
Beautiful Union?
I recently wrote in response to an article that appeared on The Gospel Coalition website. The article was an extract from Josh Butler’s new book “Beautiful Union: How God’s Vision for Sex Points Us to the Good, Unlocks the True, and (Sort of) Explains Everything” The extract provoked a great deal of controversy, hence the… Continue reading Beautiful Union?
Does the Father turn his back on the Son?
On the Cross, Jesus cried out these words My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?” Matthew 27:46 It’s a quote from the first line of Psalm 22. Stuart Townend in his hymn, “How Deep the Father’s Love for us picks up on the quote with the poetic line “…The Father turns his face… Continue reading Does the Father turn his back on the Son?
On polemic and polemical theology
The other day, a friend asked for recommendations on The Trinity and I mentioned in my preferences that I would not recommend Matthew Barrett’s book “Simply Trinity.” If you want to know why, you can read my review and additional comment article here. This prompted some discussion about whether or not Barret’s book was intended… Continue reading On polemic and polemical theology
Can we really know God? More on incomprehensibility and the inner life of God
I want to say a little bit more about how and what we know about God following on from the article I wrote the other day and some further discussion. In the first article we observed the following: All of this means, I believe that describing Eternal Generation as revelation does not make the Son… Continue reading Can we really know God? More on incomprehensibility and the inner life of God
Should we sing “the father’s wrath completely satisfied”?
A friend recently asked on social media for recommendations of newish songs for their church to learn. One I mentioned was the Sovereign Grace song, “Jesus Thank you” by Pat Sczebel . Another friend commented that whilst they too love this song, they struggle a bit with the chorus which goes: Your blood has washed… Continue reading Should we sing “the father’s wrath completely satisfied”?
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