It is only if God is triune that we can know that God is gracious towards us. Christian belief in the Trinity encapsulates the Good News. In spite of our failings, our self-centeredness, our stubbornness, and the hurt we cause ourselves and others, God has entered our world and poured out divine love for us once for all in Jesus Christ. This same God lives within and among us as the Holy Spirit, gently reconnecting us to God and restoring in us the strength and goodness and purpose that only God can offer. That is why everyday Christians have at least as much stake in the trinitarian character of our faith as do academic scholars.
Trinitarian faith is a gift to the whole church.
It is our faith. Indeed, the glorious reality is that there is one, living God, whom we know and trust. One of the questions is how we speak of this God. Our words for God are never adequate to the riches of God's being. Yet our language for God does not simply project our desires or wants.