Episode #159 – What is God like? Communicable Attributes
Episode Summary:
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss and define the communicable attributes of God.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
What are communicable attributes?
Are the communicable attributes one of the ways we reflect the image of God?
Are communicable attributes something God is or something God possesses?
Are communicable attributes true of each person in the Godhead?
How are they different from incommunicable attributes (what we discussed last episode)?
How do we maintain a distinction between Creator and creature without minimizing the reality and depth of the shared communicable attributes?
Helpful Definitions:
Attribute: Something that is true about God, who he is.
Communicable Attribute: Things that are true about God, that can also become true of us.
Holy, loving, just, good, merciful, gracious, faithful, patient, truthful, wise
Anthropomorphic: A way of expressing, in humanly understandable terms, something that is true.
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
John 3:16, 1 John 5:3
“In His Image” by Jen Wilkin
Knowing Faith: Episode # 158 – What is God like? Incommunicable Attributes
“Creation Regained” by Albert Wolters
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