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The Trinity is an essential doctrine of Christianity; however, it is also a grand mystery, which we can apprehend but not comprehend. Attempts to form analogies of the Trinity from nature and human experience ultimately miss the mark. So how are we to understand this doctrine? James White offers this helpful definition: “Within the one Being that is God, there exists eternally three coequal and coeternal persons, namely, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” 1 Hank Hanegraaff succinctly puts it: “One What and three Who’s. ” 2 When speaking of the Trinity, we are communicating three things about God. First, it affirms that there is one God. Moses declares, “Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one” (Deut. 6:4)! Isaiah, likewise, prophesied, “I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides Me there is no God” (Isa. 45:5). Second, the doctrine of the Trinity affirms that the one God exists as three coequal and coeternal persons. There is God the Father. He is the one w...

The other day on my drive to work, I put in an old Rebecca St. James CD, and a song that I began running in my head was “God.” The song really captures in poetry the glory and grandeur of an infinite God who condescends to fellowship with His creation. St. James sings, He made the night He made the day Spread the earth upon the water Make the heavens and the rain Look at the sky, see its design The very same creator is the one who gave us life What is man that He’s mindful of us? We’re merely clay in his hands What am I that He loves me so much He would die All that I can say is… It’s God, truly God Can you see, can you hear, can you touch, can you feel It’s God, truly God I can’t explain any other way cuz it’s God Inside us all there is a void All mankind is searching for the one who fills the soul In Him there’s hope in Him there’s life The world cries for a savior that’s right before their eyes What is man that He takes us in as His children to be His own An...

I just got around to reading the CT Blog... Bruce Waltke headed to Knox Theological Seminary? (updated) Liveblog Christianity Today Sadly, I am amazed that in the age of scientific enlightenment, an educated Old Testament scholar to the caliber of Dr. Bruce Waltke would consider the possibility of theistic evolution! There is actually no evidence for macro evolution, as in the case of one species of animal evolving into another higher species of animal - like apes to humans. Yes, some might point to something like finch beaks, but this is an example of micro evolution, but examples of major leaps in macro evolution just have not been found. One can also contend that the very scientific paradigm of Darwinian evolution is just another one of those old nineteeth century ideas that needs to go into the valut of "science of days gone by...yeah good times." For example, the Cambrian fossil record demonstrates the sudden appearance of diverse complex life forms without evide...

The last couple of days were so great, I decided to spend time outside. Spring has set in and things are starting to bloom all around. All this brings to mind the words of David: The heavens are telling of the glory of God;      And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. Day to day pours forth speech,      And bnight to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words;      Their voice is not heard. Their line has gone out through all the earth,      And their utterances to the end of the world.      In them He has bplaced a tent for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber;      It rejoices as a strong man to run his course. Its arising is from one end of the heavens,      And its circuit to the other end of them;      And there is nothing hidden from its heat.  It...

He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!

Since we are nearing ever closer to Resurrection Sunday, I thought to add one more post on Mark’s Resurrection account, and this one has some real apologetic and theological “hot potatoes.” One “hot potato” is the fact that the earliest and arguably more reliable Greek manuscripts of Mark 16 end at verse 8. Complicating things is that some of the later Greek manuscripts contain verses 9-20, but few of them end with the lines: And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Jesus Himself sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Of course, the problem is not as bad as it seems. Suppose for a moment Mark did in fact end his Gospel at 16:8, with the women who were so shocked and astonished about witnessing the empty tomb they kept silent, such does not pose any problems for those who believe Christ had risen. The reality is that Mark is not the first one to write about the resur...