Really?

My bible says that all worship is directed toward God, in toto, not just the Father.
If anything, the Father and certainly the Holy Spirit direct all worship to the Son.

Regardless, all are equal. There is not a hierarchy.

Father, Son and Holy Spirit. All One. All distinct.

We want to frame the Trinity in terms that we can grasp.

It is beyond human understanding. It is a faith belief.

I sent the entire entry to all my readers, reminding them that when “Church of Christ” is substituted for “Reformed,” it fits them perfectly.

Welcome back from the sabbatical. I wonder if the students and staff will notice any difference in you.

Blessings, brother,
Dan

I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said, “Stop! don’t do it!”

“Why shouldn’t I?” he said.

I said, “Well, there’s so much to live for!”

He said, “Like what?”

I said, “Well…are you religious or atheist?”

He said, “Religious.”

I said, “Me too! Are you Christian or Buddhist?”

He said, “Christian.”

I said, “Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant?”

He said, “Protestant.”

I said, “Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?”

He said, “Baptist!”

I said, “Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?”

He said, “Baptist Church of God!”

I said, “Me too! Are you original Baptist Church of God, or are you Reformed Baptist Church of God?”

He said, “Reformed Baptist Church of God!”

I said, “Me too! Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1879, or Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915?”

He said, “Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915!”

I said, “Die, heretic scum”, and pushed him off.

What will I do with all my time and energy? No more endless debates about predestination, Eschatology, Baptism, the Lord’s Supper, charismatic gifts, denominational distinctives?

You might think he was promoting “mere Christianity” or something. Doesn’t he know that real Christianity is all about Jesus Plus –?

….In the paths I travel I have heard from time to time some muted remarks about the tendency of Evangelicals to direct their worship to Jesus rather than the Father. This never seemed to me much cause for concern because the Son and the Spirit are to be worshipped with the Father, and Evangelical churches are by definition trinitarian.

Lately, though, it has struck me that the hymnody of churches like the one we attend are indeed very heavily weighted toward the worship of the Son so that the Father, who is greater than the Son and Spirit, and who is to be the Principal toward whom worship is directed, actually is given a place inferior to that of the Son, in a way similar to the elevation of the Spirit among Pentecostals. Perhaps this has always been the case with this form of American pietism and I am just beginning to notice it, but it bothers me that most of what we sing in church could be just as readily be sung in those modalist congregations–and we have a number of these “Unitarians of the Second Person” in our area–which blend the Persons of the Trinity into “Jesus.” But if it is an old problem, certainly things haven’t become any better in this regard during my lifetime….

There’s something to be gained from most theological perspectives that proclaim Jesus as Savior. Learn from the good, let the rest lay.

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