tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937029335588381712.post3172538788608600638..comments2024-01-07T06:04:58.892-08:00Comments on Roots & Wings: How the Trinity changes our Identity. Alan Frowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13397225158817567917noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937029335588381712.post-67218803630625703182014-03-10T17:43:16.692-07:002014-03-10T17:43:16.692-07:00Gracias, Russ. I agree, we have not been great at...Gracias, Russ. I agree, we have not been great at applying the Trinity practically to our life together. It is such a deep and rich well from which to draw. Thankful for your insights. Alan Frowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397225158817567917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937029335588381712.post-68761876535171997892014-03-10T16:58:07.589-07:002014-03-10T16:58:07.589-07:00'Agree that trying to explain how the Trinity ...'Agree that trying to explain how the Trinity "works" is invariably a futile attempt to image God in things He has created, or worse, in things we have made from what He has created. As Alan suggests, this approach always yields an unsatisfying, reductionist picture.<br /><br />It seems helpful to think of it in reverse, that is, all creation is imaged in the Trinity but is not itself the Trinity.<br /><br />When it comes to embracing the mystery of the Trinity, our Orthodox and Roman Catholic cousins seem ahead of us historically and traditionally, as do our ancestors from around the fourth/fifth century through perhaps the eighteenth. It is apparently more difficult for us in our highly individualized and personalized modern mindset to relate to trinitarian truth. <br /><br />All the more grateful we can be that Alan and our elders are teaching and embracing a trinitarian faith and identity. Many pastors avoid the subject, largely because it can seem too abstract or complex. How encouraging that our leaders are willing to give us more credit and stretch us a bit further. <br /><br />Thank God for our church.Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831302441998106487noreply@blogger.com