Edition Three

Our purpose is to live for God’s glory. For this reason, as Christians, we give ourselves to a lifelong pursuit: to know God more truly, to love Him more deeply, and to walk more faithfully in His ways. Yet there are truths about God that feel so far above us— so unlike us, and so difficult to grasp—that we may be tempted to avoid them. Not because we do not believe, or because we wish to doubt, but because we fear getting lost in abstract ideas that seem uncertain. We fear losing our footing in matters too mysterious and too difficult to grasp—until we drift into speculation and end up with ideas that cool our devotion, and the very God we long to know feels distant to us.

In our previous edition, we considered one such doctrine: the sovereignty of God. How did you enjoy reflecting on this beautiful and comforting attribute of God?

In this edition, our theme is another doctrine many find daunting: the Trinity. The Bible teaches that God is one, and also that the one God exists eternally in three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Yet for many of us, the Trinity can seem like a philosophical abstraction, something to keep theologians occupied and hardly worth much thought. We don’t feel particularly comfortable explaining it to a non-Christian who sees it as irrational—a mathematical impossibility. And rather than delighting in the Trinity, we feel awkward and ashamed, as though it were an obstacle to faith. So we quietly wonder: what difference does it make?

We are grateful to share a variety of articles and meditations that answer that question with warmth and wonder, showing that the Trinity is a highly practical and relevant doctrine for our everyday Christian life. Our prayer is that as you behold God as the Triune God, your awe will deepen, your worship will rise, and your love for Him will be strengthened in richly tangible, everyday ways.