Beholding the Triune God: The Inseparable Work of Father, Son, and Spirit
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
A Concise Guide to the Work of the Trinity and the Doctrine of Inseparable Operations
It’s crucial that believers understand the work of the Trinity in the world and in their everyday lives.
In this concise introduction to the doctrine of inseparable operations, Matthew Emerson and Brandon Smith assert that the three persons of the Trinity are eternally the one God of Scripture and act inseparably in creation, salvation, and all other acts of God. Addressing complex questions—such as What does it mean that the Father is one with the Son, but is not the same person as the Son?—they present a refreshing, biblical view of the one triune God and his unified work in revelation, providence, creation, salvation, mission, communion, sanctification, and judgment.
Concise yet Expansive: Presents a historic, classic Christian view of the doctrine of inseparable operations
Hopeful: Leads readers to deeper wonder and worship through a biblical-theological understanding of the Trinity
Accessible Resource for Students and Christian Laypeople: Features clear language and a glossary that defines complex theological terms
- Features clear language and a glossary that defines complex theological terms
- Leads readers to deeper wonder and worship through a biblical-theological understanding of the Trinity
- Presents a historic, classic Christian view of the doctrine of inseparable operations
- Introduction: Indivisible and Undivided
- Chapter 1: Revelation
- Chapter 2: Providence
- Chapter 3: Creation
- Chapter 4: Salvation
- Chapter 5: Mission
- Chapter 6: Communion
- Chapter 7: Sanctification
- Chapter 8: Judgment
- Glossary
- General Index
- Scripture Index
If the twentieth century witnessed a ‘revival’ of interest in the doctrine of the Trinity among dogmatic theologians, the past decade or so has seen a similar renewal among evangelical Christians, but one more explicitly committed to retrieving the doctrine in its creedal and orthodox perspective. This is the book we have been waiting for—an accessible, historically informed, and biblically rooted account of the triune God’s indivisible activity in creation, providence, and salvation history. The book provides simple (but not simplistic) definitions of many complex terms and traces their application through the various activities of the Holy Trinity. I am often asked by students and others for a good introduction to the doctrine of the Trinity. This book will now give me a ready answer to that pressing question.
—R. Lucas Stamps, Professor of Christian Theology, Anderson University
Emerson and Smith have written a timely and helpful book for teachers, students, and church members. Though they address technical issues—Trinity, inseparable operations, appropriations, processions and missions, prosopological exegesis—they do so in an accessible manner. This book makes clear the importance of maintaining the doctrine of inseparable operations in order to maintain the biblical and historically orthodox confession of the Trinity.
—Richard C. Barcellos, Pastor, Grace Reformed Baptist Church, Palmdale, California; Associate Professor of Exegetical Theology, International Reformed Baptist Seminary
Emerson and Smith provide a powerful reminder of why it is vital that we think in terms of the triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—acting in history. This book offers fresh eyes to see how all three persons of the Trinity act as one and offers hope for everything that our triune God wants to do in us and in the world.
—Beth Stovell, Professor of Old Testament and Chair of General Theological Studies, Ambrose Seminary
- Title: Beholding the Triune God: The Inseparable Work of Father, Son, and Spirit
- Authors: Matthew Y. Emerson, Brandon D. Smith
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 142
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Trinity; God › Fatherhood; Son of God; Holy Spirit
- ISBNs: 9781433577949, 9781433577970, 9781433577956, 1433577941, 1433577976, 143357795X
- Resource ID: LLS:BHLDNGTRNSNSPRT
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-08-27T22:58:44Z