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Established Boundaries

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  • Robert Letham

How do we explain the Trinity? Or how does one understand the statement, "God is one being in three persons"? These are the different questions that this article attempts to answer in detail on the relation between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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Triune Monarchy

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  • R. C. Sproul

The author explains that God should be understood as a monarchical God (one ruler) while on the other hand can be understood as the Triune God. One therefore has to correctly understand the distinctions between the persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) as well as the lack of distinction in their essence.

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The Trinity and Culture

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  • Gene Edward Veith

The author of this article attempts to explain and describe what love should be like in a godly relationship. The author does this by using the doctrine of the Trinity, with further applications from a number of errors that are a result of failure to understand this Trinity properly.

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The Trinity in the Gospel of John

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  • Mark J. Larson

This article is about the doctrine of the Trinity as unfolded in the Gospel of John, and specifically about the relation of the Father and the Son, and the love between the three persons in the Godhead.

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Doctrine in Focus: The Trinity

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  • Nathan Busenitz

This article explains the Trinity by outlining from Scripture the reality that there is one true God, and that this one God has eternally existed as three distinct persons.

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200 Words: Why We Believe in the Trinity

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  • Nathan Busenitz

This article, in summary form, explains why Christians believe in the Trinity.

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The Holy Trinity: God’s Revelation of Himself

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  • Maurice Roberts

What does it mean to believe in the triune God? The Trinity is the foundation for Christianity and the Christian life. This article reflects on the nature of the Trinity, our relationship with the Trinity, and the implication the Trinity has for our lives.

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How Does the Trinity Practically Apply to Your Life Today?

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  • Michael Lefebvre, Philip G. Ryken

This article gives thought to the work of the Trinity in our everyday life.

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The Fundamental Doctrine of the Christian Faith

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  • Ian Hamilton

On what doctrine does the Christian faith rest? This article considers that to be the Trinity.

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The False Teachers: T.D. Jakes

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  • Tim Challies

Modalism holds that Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are not distinct persons in the Godhead but are different modes of existence of a single person. This teaching is false, and the article looks at one of the false teachers advancing this teaching: T.D. Jakes.

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Father, Son and Holy Spirit

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  • Jason P. Van Vliet

The doctrine of the Trinity is not a man-made doctrine. This article shows that this is how God revealed himself in the Scriptures. It points to the implications of confessing the Trinity. It also gives a response to the claims of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormonism.

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The Divine Trinity

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  • Johannes G. Vos

This article is about the meaning, biblical proof, and value of the doctrine of the Trinity.

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Trinity

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  • J. I. Packer

God is one, existing in three persons. This biblical teaching is called the doctrine of the Trinity. This article explains it.

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Three Reasons to Study the Trinity

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  • Andrew Menkis

The doctrine of the Trinity is not easy to grasp. Studying it, however, brings great benefits for the believer. The doctrine is awe-inspiring, encouraging, and practical.

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Three Trinitarian Controversies Every Christian Should Know

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  • Adriel Sanchez

The doctrine of the Trinity was not always accepted by some in the church. Here are three controversies surrounding the Trinity: Arianism, modalism, and the filioque.

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Our Confusion About God

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  • Carl R. Trueman

What benefit is there to believing in the Trinity? This article explains that the Trinity is the key to understanding the Bible, Christian life, and prayer.

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The Trinity School of Theology Series: Lecture 15

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  • Derek Thomas

What is the doctrine of the Trinity? Is it necessary to believe in this doctrine? Does the Old Testament reveal a three-in-one God? Does the New Testament teach the doctrine of the Trinity? How does the New Testament specifically defend the doctrine of the deity of Jesus? This article is an in-depth study of the doctrine of the Trinity.

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Trinity and Relationships

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  • John McClean

The doctrine of the Trinity is not just for head knowledge. This article show how intimacy, selflessness, and equality within the Triune God should shape how we think about human relationships.

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The Trinity in Christian Practice

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  • Alasdair J. MacLeod

The doctrine of the Trinity is not an impractical doctrine. It permeates the whole life of the believer. This article shows how the Trinity and each person thereof shapes public worship, preaching, and service.

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Modalism, Oneness, and T.D. Jakes

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  • Nathan Busenitz

This article discusses the heresy of modalism—where it originated, who still believes it, and whether T.D. Jakes is a modalist.

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The Very Practical Doctrine of the Trinity

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  • Michael P. Jensen

This article discusses how the doctrine of the Trinity makes a practical difference in the lives of believers: it names our God, explains prayer, shows us how to love, and leads us to the cross.

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The Doctrine of the Trinity

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  • Thomas C. Miersma

The three persons of the Trinity are distinguishable. This article looks at the relationship of the Holy Spirit to the Father and Son.

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God Is Trinity

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  • Ian Hamilton

Why is it important for every believer to understand the doctrine of the Trinity? This article gives the answer.

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What Is God Like?

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  • Mark W. Turner

What is God like? This question can only be answered by God, and he has answered it by revealing himself in the Bible. This article explains the Trinity, the communicable attributes, and incommunicable attributes of God.

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Patristic Contributions to Trinitarian Theology

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  • Brian H. Cosby

What is the Trinity? To answer this question this article gives a brief survey of the key people, debates, terminology, and councils that were influential in the development of the doctrine of the Trinity in the first five centuries after Christ.

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The Trinity

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  • Louis Berkhof

This article explores the biblical grounds for the divinity of the three persons of the Trinity, and their relation to one another.

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The Trinity of God

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  • G. H. Kersten

The doctrine of the Trinity seeks to explain that God exists in three persons, and every person is fully God, yet there is one God. This article explains the biblical grounds of this claim.

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The Undivided Three: The Doctrine of the Trinity in Church History

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  • Michael A. G. Haykin

The Nicene Creed formulation of the doctrine of the Trinity is a reflection of the biblical teaching. This article shows how this doctrine has shaped the worship and life of the church throughout history.

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The Divine Trinity

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  • Herman Bavinck

The Christian faith stands or falls on the confession of the Trinity. This article shows that this confession is based on how God reveals himself in Scripture—as the Triune God. It explains the biblical view of the oneness of God and the relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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Experiencing the Trinity – God the Father

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  • Joe Thorn

In the two short chapters of Part 1 presented here, the author deals with God the Father and then more specifically with God as Creator and the holiness of God.

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The Biblical Background of the Doctrine of the Trinity

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  • G. van den Brink

With a view to the struggle in church history over the doctrine of the Trinity, this article shows how the Bible speaks about the Triune God in terms of his work, while showing the relevance on this doctrine for today.

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Our Triune God

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  • Joe Nesom

The Christian faith is monotheistic in a way which is different from the Jewish faith and Islam. When the Bible speaks about the work of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, it attests to the Triune nature of the biblical God. This Triune God is the God which Christians confess.

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The Holy Trinity

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  • Timothy J. E. Cross

This article on the Trinity discusses the oneness of God who exists in Three Persons as described in scriptural passages on creation, salvation and prayer.

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Unity and Diversity

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  • David Whitworth

Understanding the Trinity is crucial to a proper Christian worldview. This article examines how the Trinity's unity and diversity is reflected in creation, revelation, salvation, church, and society.

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Highly Personal Three

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  • E. Brink

How are we to understand that God is one being, three persons? This article explains how God is a highly personal Trinity, outlining some of the ways in which the three persons work together.

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A Novel Doctrine? The Trinity is not a plot exposed by a paranoid anti-Christian novelist

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  • Peter Barnes

Rather than being some kind of plot exposed by the novel The Da Vinci Code, the doctrine of the Trinity is rooted in Scripture, and this article shows how.

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Experiencing the Trinity – God the Son

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  • Joe Thorn

In the two short chapters of Part 2, Thorn deals with the humanity of Christ and the deity of Christ.

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Bavinck on the Doctrine of the Trinity

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  • Cornelis P. Venema

This article is about Bavinck's view of the progressive revelation of the Trinity, the terminology used for the Trinity, analogies for the Trinity, and the incommunicable properties of the Trinity. 

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God is Love

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  • Robert Letham

This article is about the love that the three Persons of the Trinity have for one another.

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Five Myths about the Trinity

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  • Fred Sanders

What do you know about the Trinity? The Scriptures give sufficient content about the nature of God, and yet there are myths about the Trinity that go around. This article provides five such myths.

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Why Does the Trinity Matter?

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  • Silverio Gonzalez

Why is the doctrine of the Trinity important? It is important for your salvation, prayer, and worship.

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A Personal Account The Promises Were about Jesus – But He Includes Us

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  • Andrew Moody

This article looks at the relationship within the Trinity. It explains how this relationship is shown in salvation history.

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Other-Wise: In the Presence of God

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  • D. Broughton Knox

Self-expression is the slogan of the day. This article shows that this slogan undermines the reality of life as modelled by the Triune God. The Trinity teaches that reality lies in relationships.

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Trinity

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  • J. I. Packer

This article considers the unity of the Trinity in Christ's command to baptize disciples.

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Trinity and Church: An Examination of Theological Methodology

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  • John D. Morrison

This article is a critical examination of the theological method of three recent systematic theology textbooks from an evangelical perspective. The analysis takes place via the respective views of the Trinity and ecclesiology.

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Hermeneutical Bungee-Jumping: Subordination in the Godhead

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  • Gilbert Bilezikian

Is there a relationship of authority/subordination between Father and Son in the Trinity? The discussion of this essay focuses on a consideration of the theory of the subordination of the Son to the Father and its implications for the doctrine of Christ.

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God the Illeist: Third-Person Self-References and Trinitarian Hints in the Old Testament

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  • Andrew S. Malone

This article reflects on attempts to discover hints of the Trinity in the Old Testament. Many scholars continue to promote the so-called “two Gods texts" as demonstrating something of the Old Testament plurality of God.

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The Father and Son in the Fourth Gospel: Johannine Subordination Revisited

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  • Christopher Cowan

Some scholars have questioned the legitimacy of seeing the Son in a subordinate role to the Father in the Gospel of John. Is that an indication that the majority of scholarship on this gospel has misread it? How should we understand Jesus’ unilateral obedience to and dependence on the Father? This essay reexamines the Gospel of John in the light of recent discussions. Cowan indicates that the Son’s subordination to the Father is a major theme in John.

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The Holy Trinity – Introduction

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  • Robert Letham

This essay introduces the church’s faith in God as Trinity. Letham first reflects on potential problems for a trinitarian theology. Next he deals with potential benefits of recovering a rigorous faith in the Triune God.

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Reply to Kevin Giles

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  • Robert Letham

This article responds to and interacts with Kevin Giles who wrote in the same journal about his concerns with American evangelicals' view of the Trinity and in particular the "subordination of the Son" to the Father. This article acknowledges some valuable criticisms made by Giles and his defense of the full equality of the trinitarian persons opposing hierarchical relations.

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The State of the Evangelical Trinitarian Resurgence

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  • Jason S. Sexton

What is the state of the doctrine of the Trinity in the church and theology? This essay wants to be a diagnostic check, providing a look into the state of the evangelical trinitarian resurgence.

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Toward a Biblical Model of the Social Trinity: Avoiding Equivocation of Nature and Order

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  • J. Scott Horrell

This article wants to contribute to the way we think about God. It wants to tighten the relationship between the economic Trinity and the immanent Trinity. Horrell offers in the first part a basic presentation of a social model of the Godhead. He observes especially divine reciprocity in Scripture.

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