TY - BOOK AU - Yarnell,Malcolm B. TI - God the Trinity: biblical portraits SN - 9781433680748 AV - BT 111.3 .Y37 2016 PY - 2016///] CY - Nashville, Tennessee PB - B & H Academic KW - Trinity KW - Biblical teaching KW - God (Christianity) KW - History of doctrines KW - Theology, Doctrinal KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; The identity of God -- The God we worship -- The only God -- God interpreting God -- The God who is -- Even as God -- The God who acts -- The God who is coming -- Appendix: Three primary trinitarian creeds N2 - "Is the Trinity biblical? Is it necessary to affirm God as three persons in one being? Despite a renewed interest in the Trinity in recent years, many Christians, including most evangelicals, either relegate the Son of God to creaturely status or repudiate the personhood of the Holy Spirit. In addition, numerous scholars assert that the doctrine of the Trinity is not clearly revealed in Scripture. Is the Trinity merely a philosophical construction, or is it essential to orthodox Christianity? Drawing on hermeneutics and biblical and historical theology, Malcolm Yarnell crafts a careful and clear response to these issues through exegesis of pivotal texts from both testaments. He also challenges the reader to discern the implications of the Trinity for personal salvation as well as corporate worship"--Back cover ER -