Our men's group is currently working through the very difficult topic of the trinity. It's a good mental exercise in preparation for the next chapter - predestination. The trinity is a difficult concept to address for a number of reasons, not least of which is the fact that you're always trying to avoid some form of heresy. Just about any analogy you can come up with for the trinity embraces some false teaching. The trinity is like the forms of water (solid, liquid, gas)? That's modalistic, as we see that this is merely the same substance changing forms. The trinity is like the sun, which produces heat and light? That's arianism (or perhaps hierarchicalism) to claim that the father produces (or supersedes) the other members of the trinity.
While I certainly don't claim to have a great grasp of the trinity, I have found that there is some wonderful wisdom I gleaned when stepping outside of my personal experience of Western Protestant thought. Not only has this been helpful for my understanding of the trinity, but as we work with those from an Eastern background, it helps to connect with them as well. So let me share with you three big insights which have helped me embrace the teaching of the trinity.
While I certainly don't claim to have a great grasp of the trinity, I have found that there is some wonderful wisdom I gleaned when stepping outside of my personal experience of Western Protestant thought. Not only has this been helpful for my understanding of the trinity, but as we work with those from an Eastern background, it helps to connect with them as well. So let me share with you three big insights which have helped me embrace the teaching of the trinity.
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