If we read the Bible and take what we read seriously, we must not fall into either one of these extremes. Rather, we must try to remain "at the center of Biblical tension."

As Wayne Grudem put it so simply in his Systematic Theology:

1. God is three persons.

2. Each person is fully God.

3. There is one God.

By definition, this is a paradox. It is illogical. If something is illogical, isn't it, by definition, false? So how can this be true?

They are:

If we read the Bible and take what we read seriously, we must not fall on either one of these extremes. Rather, we must try to remain at "the center of Biblical tension."

As part of our company, we run a contract mowing and lawn care service (for lack of a better title).  Several township and church cemeteries have been contracted to us this year and now exist as part of our weekly mowing routes.  Lately, I have spent a significant amount of time each week mowing and trimming these particular cemeteries and gravesites.

Throughout this time, I have had many opportunities to think about people's lives and the path that took them to those very graves that I weed-whack the grass on every week.  On one distinct occasion, I remember seeing a Super Bowl XLV plaque leaned up against a gravestone declaring that the Green Bay Packers are the new world champions.  Usually when something like this is displayed, it is among various other items.  But in this instance - A Packer XLV championship plaque was the only thing that had been placed by the gravestone.