Many things in life come in threes. My grandmother’s breakfast was the nearly-holy trinity of eggs, sausage, and grits. Then there’s coffee, sweetener, and creamer; the wizarding trio of Harry, Ron, and Hermione; Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup (I tip my hat to you if you get that reference); life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness;…
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One Remote to Rule Them All
When it comes to TV remotes, we’re a multiple remote family. We have a remote for the TV, a remote for the cable box, one for Roku, one for our Facebook camera, and I’m pretty sure the white one is for a robot vacuum that died several months ago. But since I’m not sure about…
Read MoreThe Wonder of the Three-in-One God
Whenever we think about the Trinity, certain images come to mind. I remember as a kid trying to comprehend what my Sunday School teacher was teaching, and I had a picture in my head of three people sitting around in heaven deciding whether to send fire and brimstone on Sodom and Gomorrah. That would be,…
Read MoreWhy Father, Son, and Spirit Are Each Fully God
One of Christianity’s most important doctrines is the Trinity, the understanding that God exists in three Persons who are each fully God, yet there is only one God. The Trinity is who God is, and he’s revealed this truth to us in his Word. If we want to know God, and we should want to…
Read MoreThe Relational God: Father, Son, and Spirit in Perfect Unity
We’re continuing our study of the Trinity and its four building blocks. The first three are: Now let’s tackle building block number four: While each person is fully and completely God, the three persons are distinct from one another and eternally exist in relationship with each other. That’s a mouthful, I get it. But here’s…
Read MoreMore Than We Can Grasp: Worshiping the Triune God
In this post, we wrap up our look at the Trinity. We said that there are four building blocks in this truth, and now we’ve seen all four in Scripture: The logical result from these truths is what we call the doctrine of the Trinity. One simple definition is: The doctrine of the Trinity states…
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