“The Trinity is not a doctrinal innovation but constitutes an explanation of the God whom Christians experienced in proclamation, worship, fellowship, communal meals, and prayer. The doctrine of the Trinity is grounded in an experience—an experience of the Spirit of… — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
“The Trinity is not a doctrinal innovation but constitutes an explanation of the God whom Christians experienced in proclamation, worship, fellowship, communal meals, and… — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
“The sequence of events described in the gospel is the work of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This is hardly my own discovery. Consider… — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
“Now while “Jesus wins in the end” is certainly true, it is a rather terse and vague slogan and does not capture the full… — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
“The operation of God as he is described as acting in the gospel intimates the triune nature of God. Only a triune God can… — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
“The power of God knows no limit, no condition, and no contingency other than being expressed in accordance with his own character.” — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
“Theology is speaking about God while in the very presence of God. We are intimately engaged with the subject of our study.” — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
“If the gospel is where we first experience God, then our primal experience of God is a Trinitarian experience.” — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
“Theology is something that is learned, lived, sung, preached, and renewed through the dynamic interaction between God and his people.” — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
“We need to tell our Jewish friends that to become a Christian does not mean that they have to cease being Jewish culturally, socially,… — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
“at its essence theology is the art of gospelizing, that is, making the gospel shape our thinking, praying, preaching, teaching, and ministering in relation… — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
“In sum, to study the God of the gospel—the God who handed over his Son, who raised him up again, and who sent his… — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
“Divine immutability is not the construct of an unloving God imported from Greek philosophy; rather, divine immutability is the grounds for the constancy of… — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
“Our experience of God in gospel, prayer, and worship is not unitarian or tritheistic, but authentically Trinitarian.” — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
“theology is not the study of ideas about God; it is the study of the living God.” — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
“Perichoresis is our way of describing how the life of each divine person flows through each of the others, so that each divine person… — Michael F. Bird Copy Share Image
