Why Is The Doctrine of The Trinity So Hard To Explain?

Do you have a hard time explaining  the doctrine of the trinity to unbelievers? The doctrine of the trinity is one of the most  mind blowing teaching there is in the Christian church.  Any one who's a student of the Bible know the word "trinity" is not found in the Bible.  But this does not mean that the concept is not taught there. The words "omniscience," which means "all knowing," "omnipotence," which means "all powerful," and "omnipresence," which means "present everywhere," are not found in the Bible either.  But we use these words to describe the attributes of God.


Some of my peeps in the Christian Community are highly upset with James MacDonald and Mark Driscoll for inviting Bishop T.D.Jakes to one of their leadership forum in January. The controversy  is surrounding the doctrine of the Trinity.  A number of people who support the idea of the Elephant Room, could not support the invitation of Bishop TD Jakes to be part of the conversation. The primary reason for concern centers on whether or not TD Jakes actually believes in the historic doctrine of the Trinity.



Any one who have followed the teaching of Bishop Jakes is aware that the bishop grew up under the teaching of Oneness Pentecostalism. I believe Bishop Jakes has tried for many years to explain his stand concerning the teaching of the trinity. Some in the Christian community has label Bishop Jakes a false teacher and heretic. 

Now the event in question supposed to be a  “conversation among all kinds of leaders about what the scriptures actually teach” that will be aired on January 25, 2012 in nearly 100 cities in North America. Part of the goal of the Elephant Room is stated  on their web site.

“To advance Christ’s call to unity we must do what men have always done, we must push and prod and challenge and sharpen each other’s beliefs and methods.”

Now I find the debate surrounding Jake and his belief about the trinity to be some what very interesting. You know why? Because these are some of the same folks pushing and fighting for Mitt Romney to be our next president.