Chapter 6 in Sanders’s book continues to tease out the doctrine of the Trinity practically. It is entitled, “Hearing the Voice of God in Scripture (Or, The Tacit Trinitarianism of Evangelical Bible Reading).” There are three reasons to be excited about this chapter. First, today is the 52nd Sunday of the year. What that means …
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The Trinity Part 7
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Trinity, part 6
Posted Dec 19th, 2010 By Brian in Pastor Brian's Blog, Why We Believe What We Believe With | No CommentsSanders’s next chapter, “Into the Saving Life of Christ (Or, What’s Trinitarian about a Personal Relationship with Jesus),” takes up the evangelical emphasis upon Jesus and a personal relationship with him and squares that with the book’s emphasis upon the Trinity. The question with which he begins the chapter says it all: “Is the gospel …
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Trinity, part 5
Posted Dec 12th, 2010 By Brian in Pastor Brian's Blog, Why We Believe What We Believe With | No CommentsSanders’ next chapter is on the “Shape of the Gospel: Or, The Tacit Trinitarianism of Evangelical Salvation.” If Chapter Three dealt primarily with the ontological trinity—the Trinity as it is, in its being and essence—Chapter Four, takes up the economical trinity—the Trinity as it acts or functions. The term “economical Trinity” came to be used …
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More than we could ask or imagine
Posted Dec 5th, 2010 By Cadets in Cadets Blog With | 1 CommentWell, all the work and prepration paid off; in even bigger dividends than I dared to hope! After last year’s Field Day, when we were third-place club by a large margin, I thought it was unrealistic to set a goal to reach second-place, because the gap was so big. And what do my boys go …
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Trinity, part 4
Posted Dec 3rd, 2010 By Brian in Pastor Brian's Blog, Why We Believe What We Believe With | No CommentsIs belief in the Trinity necessary for salvation? Evangelicals have a propensity for raising such a question, suggests Sanders (The Deep Things of God, 97), and in so doing exposing “a desire to reduce everything in Christianity to the bare minimum of experiential, and preferably emotional, accessibility” (p. 97). That’s the bad news. The good …
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Final Details for Field Day
Posted Dec 2nd, 2010 By Cadets in Cadets Blog With | No CommentsHi all, Just a few final notes in preparation for Field Day. Field Day is at Ontario Christian High School, 931 W Philadelphia St, Ontario, CA. (There was previously an error out on the web that Field Day was to be at Ontario (public) High School, which is only a few blocks away, but hopefully …
