Trinity Happy Hour

James Lee gives us the Happy Minute episode this week! In the episode, James shares a story he wrote titled "The Parable of the Golden Buzzer." If you've ever seen America's Got Talent you will know that each judge is given one opportunity to press the 'golden buzzer' which allows a contestant to automatically be sent to the live show rather than have to go through more rounds of auditioning. The Parable of the Golden Buzzer takes aim at our identity and how we see ourselves, but like many of Jesus' parables it is a made up story that helps illustrate what God is really like.

The clip from America's Got Talent which inspired this parable can be heard after the parable is told. All rights to this clip belong to America's Got Talent and has no affiliation with Trinity Happy Hour.

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This week we try something new! The Trinity Happy Minute will be shorter episodes with a "thought of the week" or something brief that has inspired us that we hope will inspire you!

This week Kester talks about how our theological answers and beliefs directly affect our idea of who God is, for better or for worse.

We discuss how answering the "what" and "how" of theological questions often messes with the "Who" of God's character by examining a particularly poor analogy.

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Andrew Mack joins the podcast today! Andrew resides in Antlers, Oklahoma where he pastors a church and is married to Ambra and have three children together.

Andrew grew up in the Pentecostal church but it was after he became a pastor that he discovered the Gospel of Jesus and our union with him.

In this episode we talk about GINOSKO, a Greek work used throughout the New Testament that refers to an experiential knowing as opposed to an informational knowing (gnosis).

You can connect with Andrew at Facebook.com/ginoskoministry

References:

Cycle of Abuse Chart

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_of_abuse

Brene Brown on TedTalks

• https://youtu.be/iCvmsMzlF7o

Musician Vanessa Kersting joins us this week! Vanessa is an Australian singer and songwriter. Her music and lyrics connect with a special part of our souls where she sings truth into our being and identity. James, Kester, and Vanessa talk about identity, connecting with Perichoresis, stories from the road, and even a good fart joke. Connect with Vanessa and her music online at www.vanessakersting.com and on iTunes and Spotify. Listen to more Trinity Happy Hour and get in touch with us at www.trinityhappyhour.com.

John MacMurray & Baxter Kruger share personal stories about life, their hardest theological battles, cosmic loneliness, and getting serious about the Trinity. John & Baxter also talk about where the Trinitarian message is heading across the world and why years and years into their journeys they are still excited about Jesus and the Gospel message. We apologize for the audio issues you'll hear since we were on the road and had inadequate mics for Kester & James. We made sure Baxter & John got the good mics though! Find more of John's work: www.opentableconference.com Find more of Baxter's work: www.perichoresis.org The REthink GoD conference sermons can be found at: http://bit.ly/29gcZev Listen to more Trinity Happy Hour and join our mailing list at www.trinityhappyhour.com

Wayne Jacobsen joins the podcast today. Wayne continues our theme of "God the Father" by teaching that Jesus shows us what it looks like to live in the "Abba" father relationship that He has with His Father.

Wayne also sheds light on some of our hang ups that keep us from understanding the true nature and love of God - hangs up like wrath, for example. We share a few stories including one beautiful story of an unwanted baby who was adopted by a nurse and her husband.

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Join us as James and Kester talk about God the Father and how the experiences we have with our fathers often project an image onto the face of God, for better or for worse.

We also talk about the parable of the prodigal son and focus on the father in that story to see what Jesus was teaching us about his Father.

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Pastor Bill Winn of Richmond Grace Fellowship shares about his early days of pastoral vocation and what life looked like as he transitioned from a separation-based theology to an inclusion-based theology.

The impact of his prior beliefs were challenged so greatly he was moved to repent in front of his congregation.

Bill shares stories about seeing the beautiful relationship of the Triune God displayed through his family. Bill has pastored Richmond Grace Fellowship for eleven years.

Here is a list of the books Bill shared in this episode:

The Mediation of Christ (TF Torrance)

God is For Us (Dr. C. Baxter Kruger)

The Mystery of Christ (Robert Capon)

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James and Kester focus this episode on the subject of Hope, centered around two quotes from medieval Christian mystic Blessed Julian of Norwich:

"And God showed that sin will be no shame, but somehow honor for humanity… God's goodness makes the contrariness which is in us very profitable for us."

"All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well."

Join us as we discuss the challenges and rewards of hope and share stories about loss and death, suffering, and change in life circumstances.

We also talk about cynicism and pessimism, hope in God's goodness, hope as laid out in the Psalms, and as always: the character of God as revealed in the nature and works of Jesus.

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What is the Trinity? How could it possibly matter? And what's wrong with all the analogies I use for talking about God?!

This episode James and Kester answer all these questions and more about the Trinity!

Join us as we talk about what mystery is and how that applies to the trinity, why we care so much about the triune relationship of God, and what that means for all people.

We of course poke holes in the analogies people use to try and explain the trinity, and use some bad ones ourselves. And, as always, we talk about the character and nature of the God who loves us, likes us, and has shared the intimacy of His triune relationship with us.

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