Kitchen Table Theology
Where Coffee, Conversation, and Theology Meet. During my 40 years in ministry, I’ve developed an increasing burden for what I sense to be an increase in biblical illiteracy, not only among those in our churches, but also in the young men and women entering the ministry. Conversely, I am hopeful, because I also sense a hunger from people to learn and know biblical truth and the things of God has revealed to us in Scripture. Our Kitchen Table Theology team has developed a list of over 150 doctrinal topics which I, along with one of my cohosts, Jen Denton or Tiffany Coker, examine weekly. Our goal is to educate and share biblical truth on the same level as if we were sitting at your kitchen table with a Bible and a pot of southern pecan coffee in front of us. Welcome to the table!
Kitchen Table Theology
013 The Trinity Q&A
Podcast: Kitchen Table Theology
Podcast Series: The Trinity
Episode Number: 013
Episode Name: Trinity Q&A
Episode Length: 24:52
Episode Download Link: Click here to download episode.
Host: Jeff Cranston
Co Host: Jen Denton
Episode Summary
As we wrap up the series on The Trinity, we discuss a few questions submitted over the last three weeks. Is there a proper way to pray in regards to the Trinity? Dear Father; Dear Lord, Dear Jesus? Who do I really pray to? Why the sequence of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit since they are one? How can you explain the Trinity in a way that kids can understand?
Topics We Discussed in this Episode
● [2:55] All prayer should be directed to our Triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Bible allows for prayer to one or all three, because all three are one.
● [4:43] Perhaps the best way to understand the role of the Trinity in prayer is that we pray to the Father, through (or in the name of) the Son, by the power of the Holy Spirit. All three are active participants in the believer’s prayer.
● [7:36] Matthew 28:19 says, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit”. That was the order Jesus used so we have adopted that order.
● [13:06] Illustrations like an apple, an egg, water, or the shamrock are very limiting. Because God is the Creator and everything else is creation, there is not going to be anything in our experience that is exactly like God.
● [18:56] There are three persons, each person is God, each person is distinct, and there’s only one God.
Illustrations / Media
Jeff referred to this triangle image in the show today. (Scroll to the bottom of the page.)
Think through the difference of "who" and "what":
Who are you? | Peppa | Michael | Cade
What are you? | Dog | Archangel | Human Being
Applied to God, it looks like this:
Who are you? | Father | Son | Holy Spirit
What are you? | God | God | God
Bible Verses We Mentioned in the Show
● Psalm 5:2
● Acts 7:59
● Ephesians 5:20
● John 15:16; 16:23
● Romans 8:26
● Jude 20
● Matthew 28:19
● 2 Corinthians 13:14
● Psalm 89:6-7
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