What is Triangular Christianity? (3)

If Triangular Christianity is the essence of Biblical Christianity, it is the second side of the Triangle - your relationship with God - that most often gets overlooked.

The first side of the triangle - my relationship with God - is pretty simple. In fact, this is something that most American Christians have absolutely no problem understanding and nurturing. It is also easy to understand the third side of the triangle - our relationship to one another. I think the reason these two are so easy to understand is because they both involve “me”! But what about the side that has nothing to do with me? Am I to be concerned with your relationship with God? Absolutely.

What is Triangular Christianity? (2)

Triangular Christianity suggests that the essence of Biblical Christianity revolves around three equally important relationships: 1) my relationship with God, 2) your relationship with God, and 3) our relationship with one another. It is this first relationship - my relationship with God - that has been overemphasized by many modern evangelicals and risks being underemphasized by emerging evangelicals.