AMOS: Prophet of Justice and Righteosness

"TRINITARIANS" Dr. Glen A. Thorp June 15, 2024 Romans 8:15-17, Isaiah 6:1-8  (All Rights Reserved) TRINITARIANS : (“Worshiping One God, not Three”) INTRODUCTION : Christians are often accused of being tri-theists by Muslims and Jews. We are not. We are Trinitarians. I am going to try explaining the concept and implications of believing in a Triune God. “The doctrine of the Trinity is one of the deepest and most sacred in the Christian system.”* Yet it is one of the most confusing of Christian doctrines. The term “Trinity” came from man (Tertullian, 220 AD) and not expressed in a creed until the Council of Nicea (325 AD) from which came the first Christian Creed: “Nicean Creed.” The Triune Nature of God is NOT a human invention. Nor is the term “Trinity” simply a metaphysical attempt of describing God. Both the unity and tri-unity of God are revealed in Scripture. “Reason shows unity of God; only Revelation shows Trinity of God.”+ Although the term “Trinity” is not found in Sc...

  COMMENCEMENT Dr. Glen A. Thorp June 8,2024 I Peter 3:13-17, Act. 2:42-47 (All Rights Reserved) “COMMENCEMENT” INTRODUCTION : What is the earliest Graduation you remember? Mine was 8th Grade. I loved the graduation of my pervious Church’s Day Care. Children, some who had been with us since their infancy, graduated from Pre-Kindergarten to Kindergarten in the public schools. They wore robes, mortar boards with tassels and received diplomas that was almost as large as they were, definitely larger than anyone I received. Diplomas seem to get smaller at each level of education. My graduation, from 8th grade was low key. There were no robes or diplomas. It was a boarding school, in Guatemala, C.A., with 8 grades and only 3 students in my class. My Dad said: “This is more than a graduation; it is a commencement, a beginning.” For me it truly was. The week after my graduation my parents put me on plane to Houston, Texas where I was met by a host family, I had never met. The next 24hrs we...