Trinity

Dr. Larry Hurtado (2003; 2-3)  mentions that it would appear as if Early Christians adhered to Jewish monotheism while worshiping Jesus as divine from the beginning of the resurrected Jesus. This practice created theological tension as it seemed to contradict the belief in one God. "the worship of Jesus is both remarkable and without real analogy in the ancient setting..." (Hurtado 2005; 25). The early church resolved this by defining Jesus in relation to YHWH, leading [...]

Christians praise the triune God because that is how God presents himself to us in the Holy Scripture: as one God in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. In the previous chapter, we considered the basic grammar of the Bible’s Trinitarian discourse as summarized in the baptismal mandate of Matthew 28:19. In the present chapter, we will consider three types of biblical texts that give us a fuller sense of the [...]

It is no secret that most Christians do not spend much time considering the Doctrine of the Trinity as a peculiar point of interest, nor do we spend much time trying to examine its implications and legitimacy. Well, I hope to give some glimmer of proximity when I speak and write on this topic, and hopefully, this is precisely what I am accomplishing in this article.  In a recent clip, it seems like Shabir’s objection starts [...]

It is no secret that most of the Christendom do not spend much time looking at the Doctrine of the Trinity as a peculiar point of interest, nor do we spend much time trying to look at its implications and legitimacy. Any critic of this doctrine should note that historical Trinitarians are cautious in articulating their understanding of what they say about God, as it should be done with extreme caution and precision. The doctrine of [...]

(15-minute read) What we say about God and what we ascribe to Him can be very challenging. Philosophical constructs can assist us in understanding what we are trying to articulate about God, but they may only represent our imperfect attempt to approximate our understanding when we speak about the Divine. Paul Thom discusses the earliest Christian community and their appreciation of Platonic Philosophy in particular. He writes. In the early years of Christianity, when any [...]

(2 Minute -Read).  Robin Parry says; “For many Christians the Trinity has become something akin to their appendix: it is there, but they’re not sure what its function is, they get by in life without it doing very much, and if they had to have it removed they wouldn’t be too distressed”.[1] Parry's quote seems to be normative whenever I hear people talk about their understanding of God. But recently, I was invited to give [...]