Worth pondering:
In his book, Eat This
Book, Eugene Peterson writes of “The Replacement Trinity” (page 31).
“Trinitarian thinking/praying
before Holy Scripture cultivates a stance and attitude that submits to being
comprehensively formed by God in the way God comprehensively and personally
reveals himself as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in the Holy Scriptures. The alternative to that is taking charge of
our own formation. The most popular way of conceiving this self these days
is by understanding the self in a Trinitarian way…as a divine self in charge of
my self. And this divine self is understood as a Holy Trinity.
“Here is how it works. It is
important to observe that in the formulation of this new Trinity that defines the self as the sovereign text for living,
the Bible is neither ignored nor banned; it holds, in fact, and honored place.
But the three-person Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is replaced by a very
individualized personal Trinity of my
Holy Wants, my Holy Needs, and my Holy Feelings.” (Italics mine).
Which Trinity are we worshiping?
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