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If Christians and Jews Have the Same God What About The Trinity?

 I get first post of 2016! Due to Trump's antics this has become a big issue in Evangelical circles because it has theological implications.  I saw a post by famous apologist McGrath highlighting a blog by a theology professor who was discussing this idea: Slacktivist  blog    December 28, 2015  by  Fred Clark Here, again, is  theologian Miroslav Volf , talking about the “same God” business that recently bubbled up due to Wheaton College president Philip Ryken’s ongoing efforts to Mohler-ize that school: All Christians don’t worship the same God, and all Muslims don’t worship the same God. But I think that Muslims and Christians who embrace the normative traditions of their faith refer to the same object, to the same Being, when they pray, when they worship, when they talk about God. The referent is the same. The description of God is partly different. Volf put this even more succinctly recently on  Twitter , writing: “Xians ...