--- title: "1 Triune God Quotes By Michael F. Bird" description: "1 Triune God quotes by Michael F. Bird. Plus more from Michael F. Bird and more Triune God sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab3/michael-f-bird-33202_christianity_the-operation-of-god-as-he-is-described_671440.jpg" --- > [“The operation of God as he is described as acting in the gospel intimates the triune nature of God. Only a triune God can do what is done in the gospel. Think about what actually happens in the events narrated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-f-bird/the-operation-of-god-as-he-is-described-as-acting-in-the-gospel/) [Michael F. Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-f-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab3/michael-f-bird-33202_christianity_the-operation-of-god-as-he-is-described_671440.jpg) ## More by Michael F. Bird > [“The Trinity is not a doctrinal innovation but constitutes an explanation of the God whom Christians experienced in proclamation, worship, fellowship, communal meals, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-f-bird/the-trinity-is-not-a-doctrinal-innovation-but-constitutes-an/) [Michael F. Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-f-bird/) > [“The sequence of events described in the gospel is the work of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This is hardly my own discovery. Consider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-f-bird/the-sequence-of-events-described-in-the-gospel-is-the-work-of-father/) [Michael F. Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-f-bird/) > [“Now while “Jesus wins in the end” is certainly true, it is a rather terse and vague slogan and does not capture the full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-f-bird/now-while-jesus-wins-in-the-end-is-certainly-true-it-is-a-rather/) [Michael F. Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-f-bird/) > [“The operation of God as he is described as acting in the gospel intimates the triune nature of God. Only a triune God can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-f-bird/the-operation-of-god-as-he-is-described-as-acting-in-the-gospel/) [Michael F. Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-f-bird/) > [“The power of God knows no limit, no condition, and no contingency other than being expressed in accordance with his own character.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-f-bird/the-power-of-god-knows-no-limit-no-condition-and-no-contingency-other/) [Michael F. Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-f-bird/) > [“Theology is speaking about God while in the very presence of God. We are intimately engaged with the subject of our study.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-f-bird/theology-is-speaking-about-god-while-in-the-very-presence-of-god-we/) [Michael F. Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-f-bird/) > [“If the gospel is where we first experience God, then our primal experience of God is a Trinitarian experience.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-f-bird/if-the-gospel-is-where-we-first-experience-god-then-our-primal/) [Michael F. Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-f-bird/) > [“Theology is something that is learned, lived, sung, preached, and renewed through the dynamic interaction between God and his people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-f-bird/theology-is-something-that-is-learned-lived-sung-preached-and-renewed/) [Michael F. Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-f-bird/) > [“We need to tell our Jewish friends that to become a Christian does not mean that they have to cease being Jewish culturally, socially,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-f-bird/we-need-to-tell-our-jewish-friends-that-to-become-a-christian-does/) [Michael F. Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-f-bird/) > [“at its essence theology is the art of gospelizing, that is, making the gospel shape our thinking, praying, preaching, teaching, and ministering in relation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-f-bird/at-its-essence-theology-is-the-art-of-gospelizing-that-is-making-the/) [Michael F. Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-f-bird/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-f-bird/in-sum-to-study-the-god-of-the-gospel-the-god-who-handed-over-his-son/) [Michael F. Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-f-bird/) > [“Divine immutability is not the construct of an unloving God imported from Greek philosophy; rather, divine immutability is the grounds for the constancy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-f-bird/divine-immutability-is-not-the-construct-of-an-unloving-god-imported/) [Michael F. Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-f-bird/) > [“Our experience of God in gospel, prayer, and worship is not unitarian or tritheistic, but authentically Trinitarian.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-f-bird/our-experience-of-god-in-gospel-prayer-and-worship-is-not-unitarian/) [Michael F. Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-f-bird/) > [“theology is not the study of ideas about God; it is the study of the living God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-f-bird/theology-is-not-the-study-of-ideas-about-god-it-is-the-study-of-the/) [Michael F. Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-f-bird/) > [“Perichoresis is our way of describing how the life of each divine person flows through each of the others, so that each divine person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-f-bird/perichoresis-is-our-way-of-describing-how-the-life-of-each-divine/) [Michael F. Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-f-bird/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/triune-god/michael-f-bird/#itemlist", "name": "1 Triune God Quotes By Michael F. Bird", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The operation of God as he is described as acting in the gospel intimates the triune nature of God. Only a triune God can do what is done in the gospel. Think about what actually happens in the events narrated in the gospel. 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