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.

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