Knowing Faith #159 – What is God Like? - Communicable Attributes
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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