DiscipleMaking from a relational Trinitarian Perspective
Psalm 139 is David’s box-buster, including how I see injustice. He blows the hinges off any box we try to stuff God in…or any box we try to stuff ourselves into. Any small thoughts we may have of God are magnificently transcended by Psalm 139. Yet it’s intensely personal. By ourselves, we could never come … Read more
Why did God create? Have you ever asked yourself this profound question? Certainly not because He lacked anything in Himself. If you question this, go back and repeat an exercise imagining the mutual relationship between the Father, Son and Spirit before Genesis 1:1. From all eternity, God is relational at His core, neither lonely nor … Read more
Please focus on what is clear about God the Father. The relational Trinity has chosen and now resources His people to connect and partner with Him as image-bearers. These verses do not describe the Trinity as a celestial object of study. Instead they depict this relational Community-God working out His eternal plan in conjunction with … Read more
God’s will; do you want to know it? If so we must first answer this question. “Why do I want to know God’s will?” To do it quickly? Or to decide if I want to do it? We will struggle to know God’s will as long as we want to know so we can vote … Read more
Meet the most interesting man who ever lived. Many of us may feel we live unfulfilled, disconnected lives in an unsafe world. Every society seeks an answer to this colossal struggle between good and evil. Like a drama with seven acts, Jesus came and brought a new kind of life to fulfill God’s original design … Read more
Have you ever asked yourself: why did God create? Certainly not because He lacked anything in Himself. From all eternity, God is neither alone nor solitary. He lives as Father, Son and Spirit in a rich and abounding relationship of utter oneness. This Community-God exists in perfect cooperation as a deeply intimate, joyfully satisfied, mutually serving … Read more