CONTENTS
List of Charts and Diagrams 6
Introduction: Evangelicals, the Gospel, and the Trinity 7
1 Compassed About by Father, Son, and Holy Spirit 27
2 Within the Happy Land of the Trinity 61
3 So Great Salvation 97
4 The Shape of the Gospel 127
5 Into the Saving Life of Christ 167
6 Hearing the Voice of God in Scripture 193
7 Praying with the Grain 211
Notes 240
General Index 249
Scripture Index 254

“Nothing we do as evangelicals makes sense if it is divorced from a strong experiential and doctrinal grasp of the coordinated work of Jesus and the Spirit, worked out against the horizon of the Father’s love. Personal evangelism, conversational prayer, devotional Bible study, authoritative preaching, world missions, and assurance of salvation all presuppose that life in the gospel is life in communion with the Trinity. . . . The gospel is Trinitarian, and the Trinity is the gospel. Christian salvation comes from the Trinity, happens through the Trinity, and brings us home to the Trinity.”
From the Introduction

“At last, a practical guide to the most fundamental doctrine of them all. Sanders shows us how the Trinity is the essential framework on which our faith is built, the hidden skeleton that gives shape and meaning to the flesh and blood of daily experience. Highly commended!”
GERALD BRAY, Research Professor, Beeson Divinity School;
author, Biblical Interpretation: Past and Present

“This is as good an introduction to the essentially Trinitarian shape of evangelical faith and practice of which I’m aware. Take, drink, and prepare to be edified.”
KEVIN J. VANHOOZER, Blanchard Professor of Theology,
Wheaton College Graduate School

FRED SANDERS is associate professor of theology at Biola University s Torrey Honors Institute. A popular blogger and speaker, Sanders has authored numerous journal articles and written or contributed to several books, including The Image of the Immanent Trinity. He blogs at www. scriptoriumdaily.com.