The name of Jesus (or Christ) is
common on Christian lips. “Jesus saves” is a typical expression, whereas expressions
highlighting the Father or the kingdom of God are much less frequent, and
explicit references to the Holy Spirit (or Ghost) are essentially missing. As
the three manifestations, or “persons,” of the Trinity are consubstantial
(i.e., of the same substance), the hypertrophy (i.e., maximizing one part of a
system) is worthy of investigation. This is not to say that equal attention to
all three is optimal; Jesus himself says in the Gospels that he came to preach
the mysteries of his Father’s kingdom. This statement implies that followers of
Christ should focus most on the Father and his kingdom. That this is not the
case suggests that historical and contemporary Christianity has missed the
point. This should hardly be surprising, for throughout the Gospel of Mark,
strangers get Jesus’ point whereas the disciples tend to miss it.
The full essay is at “Is
God the Father Marginalized?”
Jesus is clearly the focus at this church. (Maliz Ong)