Webinar: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

“In my many years of teach­ing in a Chris­t­ian col­lege and in evan­gel­i­cal church­es” Chris Hall observes, ​“I would esti­mate that 97 per­cent of my stu­dents were pre­dictably hereti­cal when they tried to explain the Trinity.”

If A. W. Toz­er is right that the pic­ture we hold of God in our minds is the most impor­tant thing about us, then nur­tur­ing our under­stand­ing of the Trin­i­ty is essential.

Chris Hall is an author, pro­fes­sor, and Renovaré’s pres­i­dent. James Bryan Smith is an author, pro­fes­sor, and long-stand­ing Ren­o­varé min­istry team mem­ber. Both men have pon­dered deeply and writ­ten wide­ly about the good­ness, won­der, and beau­ty of the Trin­i­ty. In this webi­nar, host­ed by Car­olyn Arends and guid­ed by par­tic­i­pant ques­tions, Chris and James explored top­ics like:

• Why are most of our analo­gies for the Trin­i­ty inad­e­quate at best and hereti­cal at worst?
• How can the work of the Ear­ly Church on the doc­trine of the Trin­i­ty help us?
  
• Why are our God-nar­ra­tives crit­i­cal­ly impor­tant, and how do they shape us?
• Why is it dan­ger­ous to work on the­ol­o­gy in the absence of wor­ship or discipleship?
• What is ​“par­tic­i­pa­tion in the Trin­i­ty,” and how do expe­ri­ence it?

Below are resources men­tioned in the webinar.

Count­down Song

• All Flame from the album Recog­ni­tion by Car­olyn Arends

• All Flame music video
  

Resources Rec­om­mend­ed by Chris Hall

• Books by Chris Hall

  • The Mys­tery of God: The­ol­o­gy For Know­ing The Unknowable

  • A Dif­fer­ent Way

  • Learn­ing The­ol­o­gy with the Church Fathers

  • Liv­ing Wise­ly with the Church Fathers

  • Read­ing Scrip­ture with the Church Fathers

  • The Reser­voir

  • Wor­ship­ing with the Church Fathers

• Rec­om­mend­ed Resources

  • Don­ald Fair­bairn: Life in the Trinity 

Resources rec­om­mend­ed by James Bryan Smith

• Books by James Bryan Smith

  • The Good and Beau­ti­ful God

  • The Good and Beau­ti­ful Life

  • The Good and Beau­ti­ful Community

  • Hid­den in Christ

  • The King­dom and the Cross

  • The Mag­nif­i­cent Sto­ry (includes a chap­ter on ​“Par­tic­i­pat­ing in the Trinity”)

  • Embrac­ing the Love of God

• Rec­om­mend­ed Resources

  • Hen­ri J. M. Nouwen: The Gene­see Diary: Report from a Trappist

  • William Paul Young: The Shack

  • Song: Rich Mullins: Boy Like Me/​Man Like You

  • Book­store: Eighth Day Books

  • James Bryan Smith on Twit­ter

Oth­er Resources Men­tioned in the Webi­nar and Chat:

• St. Patrick­’s Bad Analogies

• Athol Dick­son: Gospel accord­ing to Moses, The: What My Jew­ish Friends Taught Me about Jesus

Infor­ma­tion about The Appren­tice Gathering

• Event Web­site

• Sep­tem­ber 23 – 25, 2021 at Friends Uni­ver­si­ty, Wichi­ta, KS

• Use pro­mo code RENO20 to get 20% off your registration

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