Trinity
From Neoredemptive
The doctrine of God's eternal ontological tri-personality -- that God has always and will always exist simultaneously as one singular God and as three distinct persons: Father, Son (Jesus Christ), and Holy Spirit.
The eternal community of God -- He is not a lonely tyrant alone in eternity, but is truly and fully sufficient even with respect to His loving and relational nature because the three persons of the Godhead are in constant interpersonal community and communion. (This is perhaps the most important differentiator between Christianity and Islam.)
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Trinitarian Language in Scripture and Theology
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Trinitarian Images
The trinity is a slippery concept; as a doctrine, it says far more about what God is not than about what God is. As such, we must largely defer to poetry, symbol, and image to try to gain any sort of positive grasp on the meaning of the trinity.
- A Dance (see Leading the Team-Based Church)
- The Table (Rublev painting)
- The Triquetra (the "trinity knot")
Unitarianism
Unitarianism attempts to formulate a biblically-informed faith while rejecting the trinity. This often takes the form of modalism (where God acts like a trinity functionally, but this distinction is purely practical and not ontological).
Media
- "The Godhead" by Flame -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPDiOrFmkdY
