There is a great need today for evangelical Protestantism to recapture the full implications of the doctrine of the Trinity for all of life. Fred Sanders does a wonderful job of providing a readable and profound reflection on this vital and all encompassing truth. Read from the intro:
From the Introduction
“The Trinitarian theology that drives evangelical experience, however, is to be found deep down, underneath each of the half-dozen strengths that are characteristic of evangelical Christianity. In fact, each of the strengths is inherently Trinitarian and can only be explained by reference to the way evangelicals experience the work of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We read the Bible as if these inspired words carry the voice of the living God, or when we pray to the Father in the name of the Son, or when we testify about Jesus in the power of the Spirit, we are always encountering a Trinitarian reality. This book is an excavation into the ground of each of these practices, digging deep into each until we find the Trinitarian gold buried beneath them. Above all, since the gospel is itself so Trinitarian that the Trinity simple is the gospel; salvation in Christ is an immersion into a Trinitarian reality. When it becomes evident that the factors which most clearly mark evangelicals as evangelicals are also the most elaborately Trinitarian, it will also become evident that the people of the gospel are the people of the Trinity.” Pg. 21
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