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Posts Tagged trinity


Repent (Video and Manuscript, Lent 3) of Sermon Based on Luke 13:1-9

The video below is the sermon for the third Sunday of Lent (March 3rd, 2013) based on Luke 13:1-9, preached at http://www.pattersonavenuebaptist.com, in Richmond, Virginia.   Just below the video, you will also find the text for the sermon (and below that, a resource that might help you explore the sermon topic in greater depth and detail. […]

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The Trinitarian Faith, by Thomas F. Torrance

Trinitarian Faith: The Evangelical Theology of the Ancient Catholic Faith by: Thomas F. Torrance publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, published: 2000-11-06 ASIN: 0567292193 EAN: 9780567292193 sales rank: 906929 price: $49.95 (new), $44.44 (used) This is the best book I have read on the trinitarian faith. Examines the importance of the Nicene Faith for Christian theology, cutting […]

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Wilderness! (Video Sermon) First Sunday of Lent, 2013

Wilderness! (Video Sermon) First Sunday of Lent, 2013 Some traditions refer to the “First Sunday of Lent” as **satan Sunday** because the lectionary gospel lessons each year contain the story of Jesus temptation by “the devil!” So, we could talk about the nature of temptation – which is sort of like a identity crisis. The […]

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Not Enough Booze

Have you ever attended a party where they ran out of booze? Jesus did!  He attended a wedding feast in Cana where there was “not enough booze” The keg was tapped out, the open bar became a closed bar, the rum bottles ran dry – there was not enough booze. It was a major foax […]

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God is a Gift – Doug Reed (Book Review)

For the last twenty-seven years, Doug Reed has been the pastor of the Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Spring, Arkansas.   If you get a chance, visit the congregation’s website and see the beauty of the chapel’s structure and surrounding.  In addition to being a pastor, Reed has also been the editor of Thorncrown Press for the […]

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God is Love – God is Trinity – God is Dance

“God is love!” So says the scripture.  As such, God is by nature relational.  God is not some abstract omni-being who is the byproduct of post enlightenment thought and theology.  God cannot be described merely by the use of philosophical terms like the “unmoved mover” or “first cause.” “God is Love!” Because God is LOVE – […]

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The Shack Reflections – for every day of the year (Book Review)

I have previously reviewed Wm. Paul Young’s book “The Shack,” the fictitious story of  Mackenzie Allen Philip’s encounter with the Trinity in a shack in the Oregon wilderness, near where the body of his brutally murdered daughter Missy was found.  Mackenzie (Mack) was greatly traumatized by his daughter’s – a trauma that impacts every aspect […]

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The Shack Revisted (Book Review)

In my review of Paul Young’s best-selling book “The Shack,” I encouraged folks not to read that book as a work of theology, but as religious fiction.  That said, I did admit that there was a theological perspective behind the book that should be properly discerned.  Unfortunately, many reviewers discerned theological understanding from the book […]

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The Shack (Book Review)

Paul Young’s popular fictional book “The Shack” begins with tragedy. Young Missy Philip is kidnapped during a family vacation. Her remains are found near a shack in the Oregon wilderness. She had been brutally murdered. Her father, Mackenzie Allen Philip’s, is (as one might expect) traumatized by his daughters brutal murder. His pain impacts every […]

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The Shack Revisited by Dr. C. Baxter Kruger

“Dr. Baxter Kruger’s “revisits” Wm. Paul Young classic best seller “The Shack” in his new book “The Shack Revisited!” There is a revival happening – a hunger in the heart of the church to return to the Gospel of the triune God of grace.  Paul Young’s imaginary story was a huge best-seller because it tapped […]

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