by Brian | Dec 28, 2013 | Meditations, The Trinity, Theology
This is the second post in a series of posts from the booklet How is God Love? To read the series introduction, click here. When we say that God is love, what are we saying? Where does this idea come from? What are we really saying by saying that God is love? There’s...
by Brian | Dec 26, 2013 | Meditations, The Trinity, Theology
This year we began a new campus outreach we’re calling the Philadelphia Christian Student Initiative. So far it’s still very much in “seed” stage, with some free resources being our first offerings. Over the break, I’m going to post a series of entries from one of...
by Brian | Dec 13, 2013 | Bible Study, The Trinity
When we studied the Trinity last winter, one of the more perplexing issues that we ran up against was the question of the individual personhood and distinct existence of the Holy Spirit. It was easy to see that the Father was the Father, and that Jesus was Jesus, and...
by Brian | Jul 8, 2013 | The Trinity
Here’s a morning thought on how God is fully committed to our good: The Father is God for us. The Son is God with us. The Spirit is God in us. Think about...
by Brian | Apr 25, 2013 | Book Recommendations, The Trinity
We’ve wrapped up our look at the Trinity on Monday nights, but I’ve been meaning to share the books I read in conjunction with my studying for the couple months we spent there. They are all great, but they are all different, and if you want to read one of...
by Brian | Apr 11, 2013 | Spiritual Life, The Trinity
I meant to post this last week, since it goes with the study on how the the fact that God is a Trinity makes it possible for us to pray. These are some amazing quotes from Andrew Murray on why prayer is possible at all–and it has to do with the nature of God....