The top dog in politics, sport, literature, art, or entertainment is lionised. The way to greatness it to outstrip one s rivals. To be a winner, the last person left standing, that is the way to be a great person. Those who worship God the individualist, either make themselves in his image or pay homage to those who have succeed. No weakness is ever admitted, no sincere apology likely to be made.
Public tears are the ultimate sign of character weakness.
A religion which worships an aloof, solo-performer God, produces a clutch of human individualists. Now, at the high risk of making a fool of myself, I want to offer you the alternative of a Trinitarian God. Today I put it to you that the doctrine of the Trinity should save us from rampant individualism. All our language about God is appallingly inadequate, but Christians have clung on tenaciously to the Trinity as a way of preserving the tiny truths that God has revealed to us. As a father, I realise how grossly inadequate it is to talk about God as Father.