While the Trinity transcends the bounds of human understanding, this doctrine is at the heart of Christian spirituality, and in the life of faith we experience its truth at every turn. (pg. 97)
Once you see the triune God as dwelling apart from time and space, in what we can only imagine as an eternal present, God's liberation from every circumstance, even the losses of time, acquires rich new meaning. We live in an entirely new way. (pg. 109)
In this chapter Colson discusses one of the most difficult doctrines of Christianity: the Trinity. He notes that many Christians, with their doubts about the Trinity, are being converted to Islam because they are told that belief in three gods is idolatry and thus the Trinity (which is not understood by Muslims either) is blasphemous. Colson argues that the three-in-one nature of God is biblically clear, though a mystery, that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are distinct yet one, and any other viewpoint is heretical. He points out how all analogies fall short and the only way to truly understand is personal encounter with the Trinity. He explains the Trinity's role in Christian spirituality, in Creation, and in the Christian's understanding of time.
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