Emphasis Preaching Journal
Trinity Sunday was first celebrated...
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Trinity Sunday was first celebrated in 1334. Paul and many Christians, however, had rejoiced in the mystery of the triune God long before Pope John XXII issued his papal bull ordering the celebration. Paul saw, in the Proverbs portrait of Divine Wisdom, a picture of the pre-existent Christ. In 1 Corinthians 1:24 he wrote, "Christ ... is the wisdom of God."
I once heard Baptist theologian, Carlyle Marney, say, to those of us in his class at Princeton, "Christians need to put on their thinking caps before coming to church."
I once heard Baptist theologian, Carlyle Marney, say, to those of us in his class at Princeton, "Christians need to put on their thinking caps before coming to church."