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The Mystery of the Trinity

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Genesis 1:1-2 , Isaiah 11:1-2, Ezekiel 36:26-27, Matthew 3:16-17 , Psalm 51:10-12 , John 14:16-17

The Bible teaches us that the Holy Spirit is a living being. He is one of the three Persons of the Holy Trinity. To explain and illustrate the Trinity is one of the most difficult assignments to a Chr...

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Richard Rohr

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The Trinity

If the mystery of the Trinity is the template of all reality, what we have in the Trinitarian God is the perfect balance between union and differentiation, autonomy and mutuality, identity and communi...

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Eugene Peterson

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It is commonly said that the Trinity is a mystery. And it certainly is … . But it is not a mystery veiled in darkness in which we can only grope and guess. It is a mystery in which we are given to und...

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George Smeaton

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The doctrine of the Trinity is not so much a point among many as the very essence and compendium of Christianity itself. It not only presents a lofty and sublime subject of contemplation to the intell...

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Bruce A. Ware

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The doctrine of the Trinity affirms that God’s whole and undivided essence belongs equally, eternally, simultaneously, and fully to each of the three distinct Persons of the Godhead.

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He who denies the Trinity loses his soul; he who tries to explain the Trinity loses his mind.

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Trinity Sunday

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Allen Thompson

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Matthew 28:16-20, Acts 1:8, Hebrews 1:1-4, John 1:1-5

Preaching Summary An Incomplete Trinity? Protestant churches who lean evangelical but not charismatic have occasionally been accused of being more “binitarian” than “trinitarian.” The suggestion i...

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Trinity Sunday

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Jeff Volkmer

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Isaiah 6:1-8, Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 29:10, Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 10:12, Hebrews 12:25, Matthew 28:19, Exodus 3:, Exodus 13:21-22, Revelation 14:, Exodus 24:7, Revelation 14:, Numbers 19:22, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 11:1-8, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 12:1

Context Prophecy: Not Just Future-Telling When confronted with the question of the purpose of the prophetic books in the Old Testament, it is commonly supposed that their primary purpose is future t...

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The Father created the world by a miracle

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Calvin Miller

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Genesis 1:, John 1:1-3, Colossians 1:16-17, Hebrews 1:2-3

The Father created the world by a miracle; it is difficult to express its measure. Letters cannot contain it, letters cannot comprehend it. Jesus created for the hosts of Christendom, with miracles...

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Scripture Guide, Matthew 28:16-20

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Allen Thompson

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Matthew 28:16-20, Acts 1:8, Hebrews 1:1-4, John 1:1-5

An Incomplete Trinity? Protestant churches who lean evangelical but not charismatic have occasionally been accused of being more “binitarian” than “trinitarian.” The suggestion is that such churches...

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Home is Three Persons

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Jen Pollock Michel

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John 14:23, Genesis 12:1, Psalm 139:7-10, Hebrews 13:14, 2 Corinthians 6:16

In her book Keeping Place: Reflections on the Meaning of Home, Jen Pollock Michel reflects on the nature of home in a transient age. In this short excerpt, Michel relates home to the Trinity, the ...

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Scripture Guide, Isaiah 6:1-8

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Jeff Volkmer

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Isaiah 6:1-8, Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 29:10, Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 10:12, Hebrews 12:25, Matthew 28:19, Exodus 3:, Exodus 13:21-22, Revelation 14:, Exodus 24:7, Revelation 14:, Numbers 19:22, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 11:1-8, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 12:1

Context Prophecy: Not Just Future-Telling When confronted with the question of the purpose of the prophetic books in the Old Testament, it is commonly supposed that their primary purpose is future t...

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Christmas: Nativity of the Lord (Guide B)

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William Rowley

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John 1:1-14, Proverbs 8:22-23, 30-31, John 20:28-29

Preaching Commentary Introduction John 1 contains some of the richest Christological passages in all of Scripture. It rewards deep meditation on its meaning. Its use as the Christmas gospel text is...

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Vernon Grounds

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The Trinity

Explain the Trinity? We can't even begin. We can only accept it—a mystery, disclosed in Scripture. It should be no surprise that the triune Being of God baffles our finite minds. We should be surp...

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A Trinitarian Deficit Disorder

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James Bryan Smith

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John 14:9, Colossians 1:15, John 10:30, 1 John 4:8-16, Romans 8:32

A student of mine, Josiah Brown, oversees the student outreach team. He and some of our students go to youth groups to teach the youth about Christian spiritual formation. They talk about what formati...

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Bernard Lonergan

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The Trinity is a matter of five notions or properties, four relations, three persons, two processions, one substance or nature, and no understanding.

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Richard Dawkins

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Rivers of medieval ink, not to mention blood, have been squandered over the ‘mystery’ of the Trinity, and in suppressing deviations such as the Arian heresy. Arius of Alexandria, in the fourth century...

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Augustine of Hippo Tries to Understand the Trinity

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One day when St. Augustine was at his wits’ end to understand and explain the Trinity, he went out for a walk. He kept turning over in his mind, “One God, but three Persons. Three Persons–not three Go...

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Most exalted Trinity, divinity above

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Pseudo-Dionysius

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Ephesians 1:3, Matthew 28:19-20, John 10:30, Matthew 3:16-17, 1 Corinthians 8:6, 1 Peter 1:2

Most exalted Trinity, divinity above all knowledge, whose goodness passes understanding, who guides Christians to divine wisdom; direct our way to the summit of your mystical oracles, most incomprehen...

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Trinity Sunday

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Scott B. Bullock

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Psalm 8:, Genesis 1:26-28, Hebrews 2:5-9

Preaching Commentary Plenipotentiary Anyone know what a “plenipotentiary” is? Try that compound Latin word on for size! It is derived from the Latin words plenus “full” and potens “power.” It r...

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Winston S. Churchill

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Mystery

Russia is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. [editor's note: this is a great analogy for some of the great mysteries of Christian theology, i.e. the trinity, the hypostatic union (J...

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Scripture Guide, Psalm 8 (Guide A)

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Scott B. Bullock

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Psalm 8:null, Genesis 1:26-28, Hebrews 2:5-9

Plenipotentiary Anyone know what a “plenipotentiary” is? Try that compound Latin word on for size! It is derived from the Latin words plenus “full” and potens “power.” It refers to a person who p...

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George Herbert

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2 Corinthians 13:14, Hebrews 1:3, Ephesians 1:13-14, Colossians 2:9, Matthew 28:19, John 1:14

Thou hast but two rare cabinets full of treasure, The Trinity, and Incarnation: Thou hast unlockt them both, And made them jewels to betroth The work of thy creation Unto thy self in everlasting pleas...

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Trinity Sunday

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Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.

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Romans 8:12-17, 1 Corinthians 6:, Galatians 5:18, Matthew 7:9-11

Preaching Commentary Context Matters If you have ever taken an introduction to exegesis course, you may remember one of the most important rules for properly understanding a given text: look at wha...

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Take up the full armor of God

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Isaiah 11:5 , 2 Chronicles 32:7-8, Daniel 3:17-18 , Ephesians 6:13-17 , Psalm 28:7, Colossians 1:26-27

Pastor: Take up the full armor of God, so that standing firm in your faith, you may go out into the world with joy and hope to make known the mystery of the Gospel, through the power of Almighty God...

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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Zechariah 9:9-10, Isaiah 53:4-5, Exodus 12:21-27, Matthew 21:1-11, John 12:12-16, Psalm 118:26

Pastor: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. People: Amen. Pastor: Blessed is He who comes in the name of the ...

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God our gracious Father, our Creator

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Isaiah 30:21, Proverbs 3:5-6 , Deuteronomy 30:19-20 , John 14:6, Psalm 25:4-5, Matthew 11:28-30

Pastor: God our gracious Father, our Creator; Jesus, our Redeemer, the Way, the Truth, the Life; Holy Spirit, our Comforter and Guide, to You we lift our hearts in prayer. For those who have lost...

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Preparing for Holy Week Events

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Zechariah 9:9, Psalm 118:26, Zechariah 53:5-6, Matthew 21:1-11, Psalm 118:1-29

Pastor: The grace of our Lord + Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. People: Amen. Pastor: Blessed is He who comes in the name of th...

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Express Gratitude in Our Lives

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Ephesians 6:10-11, 18-19, Exodus 17:8-16, 1 Kings 8:22-30, Luke 11:9-13, Psalm 145:1-7

Pastor: God not only provides us with armor to stand against the devil’s schemes, but once fitted for battle, He tells us to pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests ...

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Forgiveness Brings Life and Salvation

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Ephesians 6:10-11, 18-19, Isaiah 55:11, Exodus 17:8-16, Luke 11:9-13, Psalm 119:9

Pastor: God not only provides us with armor to stand against the devil’s schemes, but once fitted for battle, He tells us to pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and request...

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