#35. The Three Faces of God

Question: Can you explain the Trinity – you know, one God-in-three-persons?

Answer: I believe it, but I don’t understand it. It’s simply a mystery to me.

No matter how many Christians I have asked this question – be they a Theologian, a pastor, or a layperson – the answer is always the same.

However, I recently discovered an author who has provided his answer in a spiritual novel called: "The Shack". This book has sold over 4 million copies by word of mouth. It’s an excellent read and I highly recommend it to anyone seeking for a more whole- some understanding of God. But even more -- it’s a loving, caring “three-Gods-in-one” classic that you won’t be able to put down.

His Trinitarian concept of God includes the following:

1. a large, beaming African-American woman called “Papa”
2. a colorful, flighty Asian female named "Sarayu", and
3. Jesus plays himself – well, sort of . . .

This summer, our church is currently discussing this book and it is a blast!!! Have you already read it? How does it speak to you? I’d love to hear your comments. If you haven’t read it, why not? Blessings!

#34. God's Magical Numbers

Once upon a time, I had a very petite, miniture frog that I trained to leap precisely 1/2 the remaining distance across the desk in my office. I tapped its back lightly and it jumped half way across the desk. Next, I followed up with a second tap and Freddie jumped exactly half the distance that remained. Then I gave a third tap and a fourth and a fifth. Freddie always leaped 1/2 the remaining distance. Would you believe that regardless of the number of taps, my froggie never, ever got to the opposite edge of my desk? And it was only six feet across!

No doubt you will find this think-piece to be a work of art -- or maybe a strange journey into the science of mathematics.

Zero divided by any number always equals zero:
0 / 14 = 0
0 / 15 = 0
0 / 37,012,558,403,579 = 0

Any number divided by zero has absolutely no anwser:
14 / 0 = ?
15 / 0 = ?
37,012,558,403,578 / 0 = ?

Zero divided by zero can equal any number that you choose:
0 / 0 = 1
0 / 0 = 37
0 / 0 = 412
0 / 0 = 5,000,000

Repeating decimals go on forever into eternity:
10 / 3 = 3.333333333333333333333333333333333333 . . .
16 / 11 = 1.454545454545454545454545454545454545 . . .
16 / 7 = 2.285714285714285714285714285714285714 . . .

An irrational number goes on forever but does not repeat itself:
If you divide the distance around the moon by the distance across the moon, you get a number called PI (which is always the same for any circle -- not just the moon)
PI = 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197 . . .

An Imaginary Number (discovered in 1572) is not a Real Number: (Really!)
Example - The square root of -1 is an imaginary number since you cannot multiply a number by itself to get -1 for the answer

You can count on this blog getting some irrational responses!!!