Constructive Creed Document The Triune Nature of God: What does it mean to conceive of God as triune (three in one)?Lynn WilsonIntroductionThe social ideal of personal freedom, authority and agenda create barriers to within our community and our relationship with God. Focusing on “self” distracts us from receiving the fullness of God's eternal love. Weekly, if not daily, I encounter people who struggle with the difficulties and challenges of life. My son Zach was recently diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism disrupts the normal balance of chemical reactions in the body, thus affecting the way you handle life. This condition made Zach, a 24-year-old with an “I'm indestructible” mentality, feel vulnerable. He has experienced difficulties in many areas of his life due to this condition. The emotional, physical and spiritual aspects were all put to the test. The first two were handled by professionals with very specific medical options. These options helped him progress and overcome some of those emotional and physical challenges. The third, the spiritual struggle, continues to distance him from the desire for a relationship with God. After twenty-four years of life, Zach clings to an authoritative and controlling God. I realize that even though the Church is centuries beyond the initial understanding of the three-in-one, many people are still attached to this concept of an antiquated God. In recent years, we in the Church have lacked the ability to communicate an old-fashioned understanding of God. fullness of the triune God. Our Sunday school lessons provided limited exposure to the richness of a communal relationship with a triune God. The limited information I shared with Zach provided him with an inadequate theology of who… middle of the paper… activities of God, cannot be understood from the information we gather and the knowledge we possess. Access to God is gained through the practice of our faith. Faith in Jesus Christ, a gracious gift of God, faith in the gift of the Holy Spirit, leading us to that crossroads of a deeper understanding of God. I seek to embrace the “creative, sacrificial, empowering” triune God. so that I can more fully seek and serve the potential of God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit in my life. Bibliography Hodgson, Peter C. and Robert H. King. Readings on Christian theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1985. Best, Daniel. Faith in Search of Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology. 2nd edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2004.Stone, Howard W. and James O. Duke. How to think theologically. 3rd ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013.