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And Greatly to Be Praised? Arguing that God is worthy of our best and most excellent worship, the music minister at your church is making a pitch for a dramatic increase in the budget for sound, music, and the worship band. Having been deeply impacted by the pastor’s preaching series on the attributes of God, he realized, he says, that he has been giving God wounded sacrifices, reserving the best resources and monies for his own personal needs and desires. With great passion and clarity, he articulated that if God is infinitely great, he is greatly to be praised! “The most important way,” he suggests, “we can really show this great God that we love him is to give him our very best, and that means immediately!” If you were a member in the business meeting, what would you suggest about your music minister’s understanding of the greatness of God, and his views that this should immediately influence the way in which we conduct business, spend money, and offer worship? Much Ado about Nothing On his return from seminary, Bill is upset because none of the people in his church seem as concerned about the things he has been learning as he is. After many semesters of wrestling with the great doctrines of the faith, he is anxious to share his answers to all their doctrinal questions, but they appear to have none. As a matter of fact, they find the discussions of doctrine and such “quite boring; it’s much ado about nothing” as one deacon said. What is the relationship between the need to know and defend what the Bible asserts about God and his Kingdom and the simple faith of most people in the pew who simply cling to the Bible as God’s Word? What advice do you have for Bill?

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T heology and E th i c s

The Triune God: The Greatness of God God’s Greatness (Natural Attributes)

Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis

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The Word of God plainly asserts that there is only one God (the Shema , Deut. 6.4), and yet also affirms the deity of God the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit. The doctrine of the Trinity is the product of accepting the Bible’s teaching on God’s oneness, while at the same time, affirming what it says regarding the divine nature of the persons of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

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