Grace and peace to you on this fine day. Today’s Kindle deals include a nice selection from Crossway. (Yesterday on the blog: The Bible Never Offers a Drink from Shallow Waters) Analogies for the Trinity Considered, Including Bad Ones This is an interesting observation: “The Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed, which are the two most important confessions of faith that teach the doctrine of the Trinity, never even use the word ‘three.’ They say nothing about ‘how God is three in one.’ Rather, they teach that God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. You can count to three if you want, but it’s hardly essential, and in fact you’ll understand the doctrine better if you forget about counting.” The Kigali Commitment — the statement from GAFCON 4 This was an encouraging report from GAFCON (despite this sad intro). “In a couple of weeks, King Charles III will swear in his Coronation Oath to maintain and defend ‘the true profession of the gospel… the Protestant Reformed religion’. Sadly, the current leadership of the Church of England has chosen not to maintain and defend this faith but to subvert and replace it with something else more amenable to modern culture.” Lessons About God from Job This is a helpful summary of the big message at the heart of the book of Job. 4 Benefits of Developing Position Papers in a Ministry Context “Going through the process of developing position papers increased our clarity, confidence, compassion, and consistency.” Our elders have found the same as we’ve worked … Continue reading A La Carte (April 24)