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MARIETTA, Ohio, Nov. 18 /Christian Newswire/ -- "Christ alone" doesn't mean "only Christ." Like the Trinity it points to a three-in-oneness that is reminiscent of singularities, where space and dimensionality are not recognizable.

This study of Colossians takes the doctrine of the Trinity seriously and applies it broadly. The Trinity is assumed to be true of God, and therefore true of God's people because people are created in the image of God. People are not trinitarian in the same way that God is, but in a similar way. God's trinitarian character is the image in which we have been created because God's trinitarian character is the way that He has revealed Himself to us. It is the image of God that we are to "see" in Scripture.

The assumption of the reality of the Trinity adds a depth and texture to the biblical text that is not available apart from it. There is both unity and multiplicity, individuality and corporality, in the Godhead and in our human reality as well. This is because of the divine role that God plays in reality. Human identity, like God's, is both individual and corporate at the same time and without any loss of identity regarding the integrity of God's wholeness or of the wholeness of the individuals involved.

From the Foreword:

"Ross raises the standard of the uniqueness of Jesus the Christ, the Messiah in this work. He points out that this uniqueness, the 'singularity of Christ,' is enwrapped in the mind-boggling concept of the Trinity. Ross helps us struggle with this one-in-three and three-in-one contra human logic concept. Ross tells us, 'The word singularity is defined as a trait marking a thing or person as distinct from others; a peculiarity' (pg. 12). Christ is unique in all the world, in all the cosmos." -- Ted Bradshaw, B.A., M.Div.

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Phillip A. Ross, author of fifteen Christian books and articles, has ministered for nearly thirty years. He holds M.Div. and M.A. degrees, and has various certificates of pastoral training. Following his post-ordination conversion to biblical Christianity and reeducation in the classic doctrines of grace, he has labored for Gospel renewal through radio, music, counseling, and publishing. He lives with his wife, Stephanie, in Marietta, Ohio.