Author Archives: David Cartledge

Father and Son always knew each other with love’s own way of knowing in the Spirit. So when the Father’s Son became one of us he always made the Father known to us as his Father. Jesus didn’t proclaim a … Continue reading →

“Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth… (Luke 10: 21) Through Jesus’ praise, we are given a glimpse into the inner relations of God. Within the Triune life, the … Continue reading →

In the Jesus story, we see the Father loving his Son and the Son loving his Father. We see them no other way. And the way we see them in this love relationship is the way they always are within … Continue reading →

Jesus said, “If you have seen me you have seen the Father”. That was so because Jesus, the Father’s Son, is One in Being with the Father. When Jesus acted his Father acted in and through him. When Jesus spoke … Continue reading →

No one has ever seen God or can see him. So, left to ourselves we are always staring at a Nameless and Faceless Divine Being. This is the unknown God who will always be beyond our tiny minds. It is … Continue reading →

Left to ourselves we may think about God in ways that are abstract, remote, static and impersonal. However, we are not left to our own thinking about God because he has revealed himself to us through Jesus by the Spirit. … Continue reading →

To know the Triune God more deeply we always stay within the Jesus story. We stay within the story because we know that who God is in Jesus he is eternally within himself. He is not different in himself from … Continue reading →

When considering knowing God the very first thing we say is Jesus. For Jesus is the unveiling of God to us. And as so we say Jesus we also say that God IS Father, Son and Spirit as one communion … Continue reading →

“When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory” (Colossians 3:4) When the Father’s Son appeared on earth as the man Jesus people saw him. Now he is at the right hand of … Continue reading →

In Colossians 3, Paul says you have died with Christ (v3). He goes on to say that Christ is now your life (v4). And so your life is HIDDEN with Christ in God (v3). Jesus was once visible to human eyes. … Continue reading →