trinity talks to download

they're up.

the story of the Trinity
the story of the Son
the story of the Spirit

let me know what you think.
more particularly, if you had a 3-talk series on the trinity, how would you break it up? as you can see, i did one on how we went from the Shema to the creeds, then one on why Jesus being God matters for salvation, then the same for the Spirit.

part-way thru, i thought about for 2 and 3 doing salvation and creation or something. so as not to split it up artificially. but i think this worked well as a series.

i won't think less of you if you don't listen. you're still my friend. and you're still welcome to comment on how you'd break it up.

the story of the trinity

i'm going to be doing a series of three talks at wild street at 5 on the trinity.

here's my plan so far.
but it doesn't really sound like sermons, rather three lectures with some points i thought were interesting and worthy of inclusion.

so any ideas would be appreciated!

1. the story of the trinity
   how do we get from the shema to the creed?
   perichoresis
   act and being
   Yhwh
   who's who in the OT?
   St Francis and the Crusades
   heresy? Trinitarian controversies i the 4th Century.
   dynamic vs modalistic monarchianism
   
   
2. the story of the son
   mediator
   theopoiesis
   eternal word in creation
   hypostatic union
   heresy? Christological controversies.
   4th Century truly God.
   5th Century two natures.
   
   
3. the story of the spirit
   individual and communal
   spotlight on the son
   OT & NT indwelling
   Nazianzus: OT reveals Father clearly, Son opaquely; NT reveals Son clearly, spirit opaquely; Church reveals the Spirit.
   heresy? Pneumatological Heresies.
   continuing revelation (montanism, anabaptists, mormons?).
   4th Century: fully God.
   

UPDATE: i've added a few more things to the list. mainly the heresies.

smiting or giving over?

we had a talk tonight at Wild Street, entitled "Hotter than Hell - God and Global Warming", which drew upon Genesis 1:26-31, for our mandate to care for creation, as well as 2 Peter 3, reminding us of the Christian expectation, and the way we are to live in the meanwhilst.

my question, particularly regarding global warming, is whether this is a smiting-thing, or a giving-over-thing?

Romans 2:18-32 has the logic of God letting us go, when it comes to sinfulness. that is, he says, "if that's the way you want to live, go for it. see what life looks like without me," the result being death and destruction.

there is of course the examples of God striking down sinful individuals, couples, cities and even the world, which isn't a direct cause-and-effect thing, but a punishment.

so what is global warming? simply the result of our sinfulness? or is there also an element of God smiting us because of our failure to care for his creation?