Author Archives: David Cartledge

As Father Son and Spirit move together in the world, we see that the divine persons are so tightly bound up together that we cannot think of one person apart from the others.  Indeed, their relationships with one another make … Continue reading →

God is three-person relational.  But what do we mean by person?  To answer this question, we focus on the three-person relational God. God the Father is who he is in relation to his Son.  He is not who he is … Continue reading →

During my early years as a Jesus follower, I received teaching about the Trinity fairly close to metaphysical philosophy. It was all about abstract formulations and precise definitions. It was also about heresy hunting. This was a big turnoff.   However, … Continue reading →

The greatest sorrow and burden you can lay on the Father, the greatest unkindness you can do to him is not to believe that he loves you” (John Owen). We can add, that the greatest hurt and harm we can … Continue reading →

We do not discover what God is like by drawing on our ideas.  Nor do we gain this knowledge from a teacher. No! We come to know God because he became present to us through the activity of his Spirit. … Continue reading →

When the risen Jesus encountered Saul on the road to Damascus, Saul asked, “Who are you, Lord?  The answer was, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.”  Following that encounter, Saul knew that Jesus is indeed The Lord God of … Continue reading →

Saul of Tarsus was a zealous Jew who seemed to think that God called him to severely punish those who were hindering God’s righteous purposes.  That meant he was ardently opposed to Jesus and his followers. However, a very different … Continue reading →

When I first came to faith, I knew very little about God. However. in my journey, I soon became serious about knowing who God is and what he is like.  I realised that I needed to think hard about who … Continue reading →

Are we able to discover who God is by our own reasoning?If you ask people about God, they may say, I think God is… In their own minds, they decide what God is like or even if he exists.  That … Continue reading →

Through Jesus, we see that divine persons are persons in relation. They are who and what they are in distinction from and yet in relation to one another within the one communal being of God. The Father is different from … Continue reading →