Trinity and Reality: An Introduction to the Christian Faith
Overview
The Trinity is the heart of the Christian gospel, but Father, Son, and Holy Spirit seldom occupy that position in contemporary discussions of the Christian worldview. This book helps fill the need by unveiling the Trinity at the center of reality. Ralph Smith shows how Trinitarian life shapes covenants, creation, revelation, miracle, kingdom, self, church, and eternity. He compares the Trinity to opposing viewpoints, including secularism and other religions, highlighting the practical implications of Trinitarian and non-Trinitarian views for the individual and society. This book provides basic training for all Christians, especially students, high school and up, who desire to transform the foundations of culture. Questions for further study accompany each chapter.
Top Highlights
“To conceive of a god who does not know love, a god who has never shared, a god for whom a relationship with another is eternally irrelevant, is to conceive of an abstraction, an idea or a thing more than a person.” (Page 18)
“In the Bible, words like righteousness, faithfulness, and goodness refer to divine attributes that ultimately require the doctrine of the Trinity.” (Page 19)
“Covenant means relationship, and the essence of the covenant relationship is love.” (Page 38)
“only the triune God of the Bible is truly and wholly personal.” (Page 18)
“indwelling is also a metaphor for covenantal relationship.” (Page 43)
Without a doubt this book is foundational to a completely and distinctively biblical worldview.
—Online Reveiwer
- Title: Trinity and Reality: An Introduction to the Christian Faith
- Author: Ralph A. Smith
- Publisher: Canon Press
- Publication Date: 2004
- Pages: 226