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Irenaeus’ words place the Christian life where it belongs: not in striving for God from a distance, but in sharing communion with Him. The beauty of the gospel is that life is not self-made; it is received as we are drawn into the love of the Triune God. The Father is the source and fountain of all life, eternally giving Himself in love. The Son is the eternal Word made flesh, who reveals the Father and brings reconciliation through His life, death, and resurrection. The Holy Spirit is the living gift of God’s own life, revealing Christ to the heart and uniting us to Him in living fellowship. To behold God, then, is not passive observation but relational participation—life awakened in the presence of the One who gives Himself. Let us reflect on this truth today: as Christ is revealed, true life is awakened—humanity restored not through effort or striving, but through grace alone, brought into communion with the Father, through the Son, in the Holy Spirit. “And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.” - 2 Corinthians 3:18 (RSV) #irenaeusoflyons #trinitariantheology #christocentric #unionwithchrist #globalgraceseminary
The scandal of grace is that the Father gives what cannot be deserved, the Son accomplishes what we could never achieve, and the Spirit freely shares what we could never produce on our own. Grace confronts every hidden instinct to measure worth, rank holiness, or secure righteousness through performance. That’s why Jesus offended religious pride so deeply. He welcomed sinners, forgave freely, and called salvation a gift before it was ever a reward. The Trinity is not inviting us into a transaction, but into communion, and the more we see Christ crucified and risen for us, the more our clenched hands slowly open. Not to earn love from God, but to finally rest in the love already given through the Son, by the Spirit, from the Father. #perichoreticunion #christocentric #trinitariantheology #gracealone #globalgraceseminary
One of the most freeing truths we can ever begin to see is that God has never willed to be God without us. From all eternity, God is not solitude but communion — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — a life of perfect, self-giving love. And from the beginning, this Triune life has been marked not by distance from humanity, but by a desire to share communion with us. That means we were never created as an afterthought, never placed at a distance to be managed or merely judged. We were created for participation — for life in communion with God. And when we look at Jesus, we are not seeing a different posture from the Father; we are seeing the eternal heart of God made visible. In Christ, God does not remain distant from our condition but enters it fully, heals it from within, and brings us into the fellowship He shares eternally with the Father in the Holy Spirit. So the good news of the gospel is not the story of humanity trying to reach God, but of God in Christ drawing humanity into Himself. This is the deep truth of our being: we are created to live from communion, not from isolation — to live from love received, not from approval earned. And perhaps the slow work of grace is simply this: learning to rest in the life of the Triune God who has always desired to include us in His own life. #perichoreticunion #livingfromcommunion #trinitariantheology #globalgraceseminary
If the image of God handed to you by religion looks nothing like the God revealed in Jesus Christ, maybe it’s time to rediscover who God truly is. At Global Grace Seminary, 40 of the leading voices in bold, unconditional grace have come together to create a learning experience that is transformative, theologically rich, and accessible for everyday life and busy schedules. This is more than just a curriculum — it’s an invitation to step off the exhausting treadmill of performance, striving, and “never enough,” and awaken to the freedom, rest, and fullness of grace. Whether you are deconstructing unhealthy beliefs, rediscovering the goodness of God, or simply longing for a deeper understanding of Christ, we would love to walk with you on your journey. You were never meant to live weighed down by fear and striving. There is a better way — and it looks like Jesus. #trinitariantheology #christocentric #gracebased #globalgraceseminary
The good news of the gospel is it begins and ends with the risen Christ. The Father, through the power of the Holy Spirit, raised Jesus from the dead, and in His resurrection creation itself is given a new future. What was overcome in Christ was not only death, but despair, separation, and the belief that the grave has the final word. Resurrection is at the very heart of the Triune life revealed to us in Jesus Christ. The Son enters fully into our humanity, carries death into Himself, and rises again so that humanity might share in His life. “But if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit who dwells in you.” — Romans 8:11 (RSV) The hope of the Christian life is not escape from the world, but the promise that in the risen Christ all things are being made new. #karlbarth #resurrectionlife #trinitariantheology #globalgraceseminary
The Christian confession begins not with human ascent toward God, but with God’s own self-revelation and saving action toward humanity. The gospel is, first and foremost, what God has done in Jesus Christ. From the Father, through the Son, and in the Spirit, God makes Himself known not as distant or waiting for human completion, but as the One who graciously gives Himself. The Father is the eternal source of life and communion, who sends the Son—not as an abstract message, but as the living Word made flesh. The good news of the gospel is that in Jesus Christ, the Son is not merely the bearer of grace; He is grace embodied. Fully God and fully human, He assumes our humanity, heals it from within, and reconciles us to the Father in His life, death, resurrection, and ascension. For this reason, salvation is not presented as a potentiality awaiting human activation, but as a reality accomplished in Him. It is the Holy Spirit who unites us to Christ and brings us to share in the Son’s communion with the Father. What is accomplished in Christ is made present and effective in us by the Spirit—purely by grace, not by works. Therefore, the gospel is proclamation before it is invitation, because it announces a finished work before it calls for a response. Our “yes” is always and only a response to God’s prior “Yes” in Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 1:20). This gospel of grace means that, in Christ, the Church does not strive to enter communion with God, but receives and lives from the communion already given—with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. #thegospelisaproclamation #finishedworkinchrist #trinitariantheology #globalgraceseminary
When we come to know God as Love, Life, and Light, Scripture begins to open up in a way that is not merely informational, but transformative. The Triune God is not distant from His Word—He is the One who speaks, shines, and gives life through it. In Christ, we are drawn into that divine life where truth bears fruit and hearts are made whole. As the apostle John writes: “God is light and in him is no darkness at all.” (1 John 1:5, RSV) To walk in that Light is to be shaped by Love Himself and brought into the Life that overflows in Christ. And in that overflow, Scripture does not simply inform us—it forms us, producing abundant life and good fruit. And the deepest fruit of reading Scripture is this: that by the Spirit, in Christ, we are brought home to the Father—not just informed by truth, but transformed by Love Himself. #godislovelifeandlight #abundantlifeinchrist #trinitariantheology #globalgraceseminary
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Bill Winn

Dean for Academic Affairs and Assistant Professor of Theology

Bill Winn is a Christian, husband, father, son, brother, nephew, cousin, pastor, teacher, speaker, author, and friend.  He grew up just a few feet above sea level in Chocowinity, NC.  He has been blissfully married to Davina Locke Winn for 27 years.  Together they have two daughters in college, Faith and Abby.

Bill and Davina grew up in the former Worldwide Church of God under the teachings of Herbert W. Armstrong.  In the mid-1990s, leadership within the denomination received a Holy Spirit revelation that led to radical changes in several core doctrines the church had historically held.  Many doctrinal changes were made during this period of transition away from Armstrongism toward more historical orthodoxy.  Most notably, the church officially adopted the doctrine of the triune nature of God.  So impressive was the Father, Son, and Spirit’s grace toward and redemption of the Worldwide Church of God that in 2009, the denomination changed its name to Grace Communion International.

In 2003, Bill and Davina quit their jobs and moved to Fayetteville, NC.  Bill then entered a two-year pastoral internship under Greg Williams (now president of Grace Communion International).  In 2005, Bill and Davina moved their family to pastor the GCI congregation in the Richmond, VA area, where they continue to serve.  After one year of pastoral ministry, Bill experienced a revelation of the radical grace of Jesus’ finished work. In 2007, he began being mentored by Dr. C. Baxter Kruger.

That’s when the party got really good!

The wonderful folks in the congregation were open and willing to take on the task of digging deep into the richness of the authentic gospel of Jesus.

Today, their local church is called Grace Communion Hanover, and they meet every Sunday in Mechanicsville, VA to worship and explore what it means to know the Father, Son, and Spirit as they are known by them.

Bill holds a Master of Pastoral Studies from Grace Communion Seminary and is currently a doctoral candidate at Global Grace Seminary.

Bill is the Lead Pastor at Grace Communion Hanover and the author of the fiction novel, Uncle Pink: Dirt-n-All. He loves hanging out with Davina and his girls, golfing, fishing, playing guitar, and teaching Trinitarian theology.