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#159 – What is God Like? - Communicable Attributes
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:27:10
Publish Date: 2022-10-06 05:00:00
Description:

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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