Scripture tells us that God is a person who created, rules and sustains the world. That he is eternally independent yet personal. How are we to know him or learn about him? Some argue for a mystical experience apart from Scripture or worship with believers. The result is that they have depreciated the value of … Continue reading The Revelation of God in Scripture
The Trinity: Revealed and Debated
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” is the very first verse in Scripture. If you start reading the Bible and never finish that is one truth of the Faith you will walk away knowing. Scripture begins with a monotheistic presumption. The apologetic is not to establish God’s existence but his identity. … Continue reading The Trinity: Revealed and Debated
The Trinity is Foundational
The Reformed faith is framed by covenantal thinking. The covenants of Scripture are what you see when you take away everything related to Reformed faith and practice. At the foundation of our doctrines is the doctrine of the Trinity. We don’t look at the Trinity as one of the doctrines that are added on or part of … Continue reading The Trinity is Foundational
The Trinity Again?
When a laymen begins their studies of the Trinity, church father Augustine made a helpful saying that comes to mind. "anyone who denies the Trinity is in danger of losing her salvation, but anyone who tries to understand the Trinity is in danger of losing her mind." There are good reasons for the complexity of … Continue reading The Trinity Again?
