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Article: How do you size God? As a doctrine, "Trinity" expresses perfectly the nature of God by refusing to explain it.
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- Presbyterian Record
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- May 1, 1997
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Trinity Sunday -- May 25
Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 29; Romans 8:12-17; John 3:1-17
How big is God? If you listen to Isaiah, God stands so high his robe overflows the temple. Big! Someone calculated this made God 348.5 metres tall. But Isaiah calculated that he was lost, and his people, too. Because, however he measured, this God was holy beyond words.
How big is God? "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory" (Isaiah 6:3). How big? Big enough that people whose job it is to talk about such things are utterly speechless (verse 5). God breaks the bonds of temple, earth and even human speech.
The psalmist ...