“theology is not the study of ideas about God; it is the study of the living God.” — 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“If the gospel is where we first experience God, then our primal experience of God is a Trinitarian experience.” — Michael F. Bird Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Our experience of God in gospel, prayer, and worship is not unitarian or tritheistic, but authentically Trinitarian.” — Michael F. Bird Copy Share
“theology is not the study of ideas about God; it is the study of the living God.” — Michael F. Bird Copy Share
“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
