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The Bible is the fullest doctrine of the Trinity
The Nicene Creed is not the genesis of the Trinitarian Faith
Three Gods?
Why we do not believe in three gods...
A tolerant society?
Only Jesus can be trusted with absolute power
Ambrose on the Trinity
The opening chapter of his work on the Faith - and how the Three have only one energy
In the Morning
Throughout the Bible, Jesus brings judgement and salvation in the morning
Three ways to define the Unity of God
essence, fellowship or action
Halloween
When we are frightened of the forces of darkness, we need to run to Jesus
How the Three are one
There are three main strategies to express how the Father, Son and Spirit are one
Ockham's Razor
The claims of atheism are too weird to be sustained without extraordinary evidence
Jesus is Jehovah
In both the Old Testament and the New Testament, Jesus/Son is Jehovah
Two views of meaning
Is meaning just what we create or has God already given it?
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Politics
The Kingdom of God is very different to right and left politics
Dependence
We might want to be independent but within the Trinity there is eternal deep dependence
Clothing
Clothing is full of deep theological meaning
Divine immutability
Divine immutability—the teaching that God doesn't change—sounds simple enough. Yet beneath this straightforward concept lies one of theology's most contested battlegrounds. What exactly remains constant about the Father, Son, and Spirit?
Much prayer=much blessing
the more we draw near to the Father... so the more we share His heart and will, and so we receive more and more of what we ask for, because we ask ever more according to His will.
Where do we start?
If we can equally well start with God or humanity, then what would happen if we started with a Jesus-centred view of humanity?
News
It is not good for us to try to keep up with "world news"
Better?
Hebrews is often treated as if Jesus is simply an upgrade on a previous way of salvation
Muscular Masculinity
There are very fleshly ways of thinking about masculinity - but we must not settle for anything less thana jesus-centred view of masculinity
What is religion?
The modern world might claim to be non-religious, but it is extremely religious in a very bad way
The womb and the tomb
The modern world has no respect for human life - either in the womb or at the tomb
Satan working for God?
The LORD will never cause evil and cannot tempt anybody. Yet, He may allow an evil spirit to bring temptation and testing to human beings.
Trinity
The inseperable life and work of the Three
Pascal's Living God
The fake and empty god of the philosophers is nothing compared to the Living God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
Simple Trinity
The truth of the Trinity is simple, though the language we use about the Trinity may get much more complicated than the Bible
How to live
It is one thing to describe the best way to live, but it is much harder to have the power to do it
Ascension
The glorious truths of the ascension of the LORD Jesus
Cut off
Modern life isolates us from others, but Church reconnects us
Allah cannot
Allah seems to be defined by what he cannot do - but the Living God can do ANYTHING
The many gods of ancient Israel
It has always been a choice between the LORD God and the many pagan gods of the world
The Bible alone
Roman Catholics and Orthodox may attack the idea of the authority of the Bible alone but this was the belief of the ancient church fathers
One will or two?
The ancient church councils had real trouble over whether Jesus had one will or two
How to define god
The Nicene Creed had no abstract idea of God - only a clear definition of the Father, Son and Spirit
Nicea Creed
The 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea marks a watershed moment in Christian history that still shapes how believers understand God today. This episode tackles the fascinating philosophical and theological background of the Council's m...
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An unfolded god?
It is sometimes claimed that the Trinity is "unfolded" throughout the Bible - but that does not seem to be true
Sin corrupts
Sin corrupts us and changes us so that we become darkened and despairing
The corrupt kingdoms
This present darkness is much worse that we ever realise - yet the Kingdom of Christ is pure andholy - and He can save us
What is normal?
It is not good when we enact or react the idea that there is a normal kind of human life
Descending to hell
What do we mean if we say that jesus visitied the realm of the dead some time around the original Easter?
Dead people do not rise
The fact that it is impossible for dead people to rise is why the resurrection of Jesus is so important
The crucified God
Jesus proved His divnity not in miracles of power but in dying on the Cross
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Original manuscripts
It is good that we do not have the original manuscripts of Bible books because we would become distracted by them
Down with the system
Both left and right want to destroy of the system - but Church is the only radical alternative
Contradictions at Christmas
Some think that Matthew and Luke have different contradicting stories of Jesus birth
Separated from the text
It is not history but sin that cuts us off from the text of the Bible
The foolishness of the Cross
Greek philosophy was disgusted by the Cross but it is actually the glory of God
The REAL Jesus
It is easy to settle for a fake or diluted view of jesus
Privacy?
We might want privacy from humans but we are completely open to the Living God
The Hebridean Revival
Accounts from the time
Church as the centre of life
If Church is God's answer to all of life's problems, what is Church supposed to be like throughout the week so that we find these answers?
The god of money
It is easy to preach against the sins of other people