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  • Think Bigger: There's Not a "Trinity Verse" –and That's a Good Thing

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    In the current (Winter 2011) issue of Biola Magazine, I’ve got a brief article that describes the Biblical case for the doctrine of the Trinity. Here’s the intro: The Trinity is a biblical doctrine, but let’s admit it: There’s something annoying about how hard it is to put your finger on a verse that states…

  • Evangelicals, the Gospel, and the Trinity (Study Guide for The Deep Things of God, Introduction)

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    For the next several weeks, I’ll be teaching a Sunday School class on the Trinity by leading discussions of my book The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything. We’ll be studying one chapter per week, and I’ll be producing a study guide for the class as we go. The heart of the…

  • Ruusbroec: Tipsy on the Trinity

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    Today (December 2) is the anniversary of the death of Jan van Ruusbroec, also called John of Ruysbroeck (1293-1381), a 14th-century Flemish mystical writer whose work is often considered a high point of medieval Christian mysticism. In a 1984 lecture in Kentucky, Louis Dupre called him “Western Christianity’s most articulate interpreter of the trinitarian mystical…

  • We'll "Figure Out" the Trinity, Get It?

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    This January I’ll be teaching an intensive class on the Trinity as part of Biola’s innovative IRIS program. It’ll be a three-week class that I’ll be co-teaching with nine other Biola profs, intentionally stirring together as many academic disciplines as we can fit into one experience of general education. The 200 students who register for…

  • Going Deeper with the Trinity Book

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    Here’s another set of reviews, responses, and reactions to my recent book The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything. Aaron Armstrong at Blogging Theologically says in his review that “we don’t have to settle for a shallow picture of God,” because God “wants us to experience all of Him—Father, Son and Spirit.”…

  • Atlanta Crabapple Baptist Trinity!

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    This Thursday I’ll be talking about Why the Trinity Matters at a special event at Crabapple Baptist Church in Atlanta. I’m down south for the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, and am thrilled that I get to escape for a while to a local church to talk Trinity. The event is free, starting…

  • Tonight: You Can Understand the Trinity

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    For readers in southern California (if you can stand the heat! 113 degrees in late September!), come on by the book release event for The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything. Two hours of Trinitarian theology from me and my Biola colleagues Erik Thoennes, Melissa Schubert, and Rob Price. A surreal experience…

  • The Trinity in a Nutshell

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    Biola’s website editor recently asked me a few questions about my new book, The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything, as part of an announcement for the upcoming book release event (Monday, Sept. 27). The first question was, “In a nutshell, what is the doctrine of the Trinity, and why is it…

  • Three Steps to the Trinity

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    My book on the Trinity is officially released today: The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything. Here’s a thought based on the book, though I don’t put it exactly this way there. A lot of Bible-believing Christians have trouble seeing the doctrine of the Trinity in Scripture. They see a verse here…

  • What Did I Know About the Trinity Before I Knew Anything About the Trinity?

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    Fred Sanders
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    I recently wrote a book about the Trinity, after a couple of decades of thinking hard about it. In those 20 years, I’ve read a lot, and pondered a lot, and changed my mind about a few things. I’ve discovered that there are some questions without answers, and some things we can’t know. But I’ve…

  • The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything

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    August 31, 2010, is the official release date for my new book, The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything. It ought to be on bookshelves by then. But you can already order it now straight from the publisher, Crossway, or put it on pre-order at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or CBD. Matt…

  • Who Says We've Got Trinity Problems?

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    Over at Justin Taylor’s blog, Robert Sagers points out that all the back issues of the Southern Baptist Journal of Theology are now online. That journal has had some good editorial vision in the last 13 years, so having every article just a .pdf away is a great resource. One of my favorite moments in…