Christianity Quote 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 prayer. The doctrine of the Trinity is grounded in an experience—an experience of the Spirit of sonship and the Spirit of the Son.””

Michael F. Bird

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“The sequence of events described in the gospel is the work of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This is hardly my own discovery. Consider…

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“Now while “Jesus wins in the end” is certainly true, it is a rather terse and vague slogan and does not capture the full…

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“The operation of God as he is described as acting in the gospel intimates the triune nature of God. Only a triune God can…

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“The power of God knows no limit, no condition, and no contingency other than being expressed in accordance with his own character.”

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“Theology is speaking about God while in the very presence of God. We are intimately engaged with the subject of our study.”

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“If the gospel is where we first experience God, then our primal experience of God is a Trinitarian experience.”

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“Theology is something that is learned, lived, sung, preached, and renewed through the dynamic interaction between God and his people.”

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“We need to tell our Jewish friends that to become a Christian does not mean that they have to cease being Jewish culturally, socially,…

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“at its essence theology is the art of gospelizing, that is, making the gospel shape our thinking, praying, preaching, teaching, and ministering in relation…

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“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…

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“Divine immutability is not the construct of an unloving God imported from Greek philosophy; rather, divine immutability is the grounds for the constancy of…

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“Our experience of God in gospel, prayer, and worship is not unitarian or tritheistic, but authentically Trinitarian.”

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