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Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Trinity, Matthew 28:16-20

June 4, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

The Sunday after Pentecost is called “Trinity Sunday” in the West. If you frequent Orthodox churches you will know that pretty much every Sunday (really every single service in the year) is about the Holy Trinity. In the West we tend to need the annual reminder of the nature of the God we worship — […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation, Theology Tagged With: Great Commission, Matthew 28:16-20, RCL Year A, Trinity Sunday

Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, Trinity Sunday, John 16:12-15

June 14, 2019 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

John 16:12-15

The Gospel for Trinity Sunday (always the first Sunday after Pentecost) in year C continues our seemingly random sampling of Jesus’ “Farewell Discourse” in John 13-17. For Trinity the selection is John 16:12-15, but as I’ve noted, just about any part of these chapters could serve well on the topic of the Trinity. Briefing the […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation, Theology Tagged With: John 10:11-18, John 16:12-15, Prayer for Illumination, RCL Year C, Trinity Sunday

6 Key Things to Know About the Holy Spirit

June 17, 2014 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

A week ago was Pentecost. This week was Trinity Sunday. A great time to continue blogging about the Holy Spirit. It took a while for Christians to become clear that the Holy Spirit is really and truly God. Father? Check. Son? Check. Spirit? Some ambiguity — for centuries actually. Once that was clear, though, we joyfully proclaimed and […]

Filed Under: Heidelberg Catechism, Theology Tagged With: Holy Spirit, Paraclete, Trinity, Trinity Sunday

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