When bad news becomes good news

The Trinity is bad news...

• because it shows how intrinisic the 'outgoingness' of God is to his being. After all, your 'curved-in-on-yourselfness' seems fairly intrinsic to who you are.
• because we killed one of the divine family. After all, the Father's love for his Son is so God-sized his wrath will be unimaginable.

Jesus is bad news...

• because he sweated blood and went to the cross for a world that hated him. After all, how much do you do for those who love you, never mind your enemies?
• because we killed him. After all, he has been raised from the dead and is coming again to judge the world.

The Trinity is good news...

• because we're included in the divine life.
• because God is "our God" and for us.

Jesus is good news...

• because we're united in him and his resurrection.
• because when he died and rose again it was for us and our sins.

In short, talk about God, even 'the Trinity' or 'Jesus', is not good news until we hear the promise that we are (a) in God; or (b) God is for us. The same can be said about God as 'Almighty' or 'Creator' we hear that the Almighty Creator united himself with weak creatures and is for us. What makes 'God talk' good or bad news is not the name, but the promise.