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The Three-Personal God

Mere Christianity: Leaders' Notes - Book 4/Chapter 2 [+]

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Chapter 2: "The Three-Personal God"

Lewis' example of begetting and making.

Begetting v. Making
Begets Makes
God Word/Logos/Son/Jesus Man, creatures, world
Man Son/children Statue, table, shoe
in general 'Like'/same substance unlike/different stuff

Personality and God: New Age, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc. (hereafter shown as "NA/H/B"), believe "in a god that is beyond personal." Christians agree, but in a starkly contrasting way to those religions. The others believe in something impersonal... something that has "transcended" the personal. Christians (and only Christians) believe in something that is super-personal... the source that person/personal/personality flows (down) from.

Submitted by havoc on Mon, 2007-07-23 00:01.
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