#3 – Is God Three or One?

Knowing Faith

Training The Church

Religion & Spirituality, Acts, Christian, Church, Theology, Bible, Bible Study, Romans, Religion, Christianity, Genesis, Discipleship, Trinity, Doctrine, God, Jesus, Spirituality

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🗓️ 28 September 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

We discuss the Trinity, looking at common misunderstandings and what is at stake if we do not properly understand this foundational doctrine of the Christian faith.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Knowing Faith, a podcast of Training the Church.
0:03.2	I'm Kyle Wirley, and today I'll be joined by my co-host, Jen Wilkin and J.T. English, and on today's episode,
0:17.2	we're going to ask the question, is God three or one? The answer? Yes. And now I know that we've given you the answer, so don't tune out just yet, because we really
0:26.9	believe that as Christians contemplate, meditate, and consider the doctrine of the Trinity,
0:32.3	what they will find is that it will compel
0:34.5	them to deeper worship and deeper mission. We believe that the doctrine of
0:39.6	the Trinity is the source. It's the starting point for every other aspect of understanding
0:44.8	the Christian story that we've been pulled into. And we believe that when we look
0:49.0	at the doctrine of the Trinity as it's revealed in scripture and it's as it's been stated throughout the history of the church
0:54.7	that this doctrine is actually fuel for Christian mission. So I hope you enjoy the discussion. Okay, guys, so in my experience when people start reflecting on the Trinity, they can get a little bit fearful.
1:13.0	Oh my goodness, have I been thinking about God incorrectly all along?
1:17.0	Can I ever speak about God in a meaningful, truthful way?
1:21.0	What do you do when that happens?
1:23.0	Well, I feel like just getting to spend time around people who know stuff about the
1:28.2	Trinity has made me hyper aware of how little I know about the Trinity.
1:31.8	Honestly, I mean, it's a good thing, I like you, JT, because it's really, I mean,
1:36.0	I was, it was a joke among our staff for the first couple of months of JT was here
1:39.0	that we were all afraid to pray in front of me because we were realizing we'd been doing it wrong for our entire lives.
1:44.9	And so you know you feel like oh man I'm a failure as a Christian this is a basic doctrine and I don't
1:49.2	get it and one of the things that I'm excited about this podcast for is I'm hoping maybe we can make that a little more accessible.
1:55.6	Yeah, yeah, I think the thing that maybe even before we start talking about Trinitarianism in particular, but just kind of what is doctrine and theology doing in the church anyway is it's
2:04.9	definitely not something that's just for the elite it's not something for the
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