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The good news of the gospel is that at the center of the Christian faith is not isolation, but communion—eternal, self-giving love shared between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for this is the living reality into which we are invited in Christ. Jürgen Moltmann, a 20th-century German Reformed theologian, is best known for his “social” view of the Trinity. He argued that God is not an isolated, solitary monarch, but a community of loving, equal persons (Father, Son, and Spirit) whose mutual relationships serve as a model for human freedom and community. In Jesus Christ, this divine communion is not merely revealed—it is shared. By grace, we are drawn into the life of God Himself, not as outsiders, but as beloved sons and daughters brought into fellowship through the Son and by the Spirit. As Jesus prays: “that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.” (John 17:21, RSV) Let us hold fast to the truth today that the Father receives us, the Son unites us, and the Holy Spirit brings us into living participation in the very life of God. This is grace: not only forgiveness, but communion; not only pardon, but participation in the triune joy of God. #jürgenmoltmann #trinitaringrace #trinitariantheology #globalgraceseminary
Compassion is more than kindness—it is a participation in the very heart of God. As we behold Jesus, we discover the Fathers love made visible and the Spirit drawing us into that same love for others. The Christian life is not about striving to represent God well enough; rather, the good news of the gospel is about sharing in the life He has already given us through Christ. When we remain open to the Holy Spirit, attentive to His heartbeat, and willing to love as He loves, we find ourselves participating in His work in the world. It is grace that frees us from self-effort and invites us into the joy of co-laboring with the One who is always at work. The Father has reconciled us to Himself through the Son, and by the Spirit He includes us in His mission of love. What a gift to discover that ministry begins not with what we do for God, but with what He is doing in, through, and as us. Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God. — 1 John 4:7 (RSV) #participatinginchrist #fathersonholyspirit #trinitariantheology #christocentric #graceupongrace #globalgraceseminary
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
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Mike Zenker

Associate Professor of Pastoral Ministry

Mike Zenker began pastoral ministry in 1990. Currently Mike is the Sr. Pastor of Hope Fellowship Community Church in Waterloo, ON. As well, he is the National Director for Grace Walk Ministries in Canada. Having been part of a number of different church denominations, Mike refers to himself as ‘multi-tribal’. This has given Mike tremendous exposure to multi-faceted expressions of how believers respond to Jesus Christ. In 2000, Mike was deeply impacted by the book “Grace Walk” by Steve McVey. It was while reading this book that God revealed to Mike who he was in Christ and who Christ was in him. Realizing that he had not heard this truth ‘packaged’ like this before, he contacted Grace Walk Ministries and began the exciting journey of connecting with this ministry. In 2006, Grace Walk Canada was launched as a ministry to ‘Share the Love and Life of Christ’ across Canada. Now Mike spends his time teaching the foundations of who we are in Christ as well as the profound truth of who Christ is in us. The bride of Christ (the church) needs to have a deeper and clearer understanding of who God is and that He is lavishing His love on the world. When we see each other and the world as God sees, then true love (agape) will come flowing out of us towards others.