Reflections on the loving kindness of the Triune God
Everything starts with God. But who is he? What is God like? Dionysius, the self-professed convert of Paul, has helped shape one point of view. The true Dionysius, noted in Acts 17:34, isn’t known to us beyond his cameo Bible reference. But a much later figure who borrowed the name and identity of Dionysius is …
Read More Where should we start?Acts 1 presents us with Christ’s promise of the coming of the Holy Spirit and chapter 2 tells us of his arrival. We get the impression that the Spirit was uniquely commissioned for the New Covenant ministry to empower Christians in ministry. And with that, as many have presumed, his appearances in the Old Testament …
Read More The Holy Spirit before JesusThe Council of Nicaea in 325 worked hard to summarize a sound understanding of the Triune God in the face of Arian error. They explained how Jesus, the Son, exists in eternal relationship with the Father. In a final document they added this truncated final object of proper faith—“And in the Holy Spirit.” The Father-Son …
Read More “And in the Holy Spirit”This repeats an entry offered at Cor Deo. Please offer any responses there. Thanks! Of all the questions we may ask few are more important than the simple query, “What really matters?” What should be our greatest priorities in life? The question presumes that priorities shape the way we live—that some options are more important …
Read More What really matters?