Putting into words the relationship between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the

three persons of the Holy Trinity has led to controversies for almost as long as there's

been a church, and a library could be stuffed full of books on the topic to serve as proof.

But to properly approach the Trinity, we must push through those debates.

In 2010, Fred Sanders published an appropriately titled book, The Deep Things of God, How

the Trinity Changes Everything, and he wrote this, quote,

The doctrine of the Trinity expels a host of unworthy ideas about God's love.

God is not lonely or bored or selfish.

This is what the doctrine of the Trinity helps us to learn with greater precision.

The God is love.

The triune God is a love that is infinitely high above you, eternally preceding you,

and welcomes you in, end quote.

That is powerful.

In other words, the end of our pursuit is not merely knowing about this triune God more

clearly, but knowing him personally.

In our theology, when it's done properly, it's an invitation to experience God's love

in presence, and we delight in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

As a theme of an excellent book called Delighting in the Trinity, written by historian at Theologian

Michael Reeves, who serves as the president and professor of theology at Union School of

Theology in Oxford, I asked Reeves to explain why he wrote his book Delighting in the Trinity.

I wrote the book out of a simple pastoral desire to have people know the living God better.

I see particularly in, amongst UK students, I see just an enslavement to idolatry is really

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