The Explicit Gospel
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Chandler's presentation of God in The Explicit Gospel
James
May 12, 2012 07:02AM
I have just started reading this book, and to be frank I was somewhat disappointed with Chapter 1 and the presentation of God.
The God we know through Jesus Christ is the Triune God; the Father who has a beloved Son, and who sends His Spirit out into all creation. It is because God is triune that we can say 'God is love.'
However the presentation of God in this chapter is essentially Unitarian, as it says nothing of the triune nature of God; it could even be Allah of the Quran.
I take it that the nature of the Trinity will unfold through the book (I have only read this far), however I feel strongly that whenever we tell people who our God is, as Christians we need to clearly present the Triune God. Knowing the Trinity leads naturally into understanding the purpose of Creation, and the motive of the Father sending His Son into the world to redeem his Bride.
The God we know through Jesus Christ is the Triune God; the Father who has a beloved Son, and who sends His Spirit out into all creation. It is because God is triune that we can say 'God is love.'
However the presentation of God in this chapter is essentially Unitarian, as it says nothing of the triune nature of God; it could even be Allah of the Quran.
I take it that the nature of the Trinity will unfold through the book (I have only read this far), however I feel strongly that whenever we tell people who our God is, as Christians we need to clearly present the Triune God. Knowing the Trinity leads naturally into understanding the purpose of Creation, and the motive of the Father sending His Son into the world to redeem his Bride.
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You may be correct. Chandler does mention "the three in one" once, but his definition of God may be more Modal than Trinitarian. He really isn't clear.
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