God as personal

• To say that God is personal means that God can be 'related to' as a person e.g. a God who answers prayers or gives people religious experiences can be experienced in a personal sense
• Some people say they have a relationship with God. A personal God would be immanent within the world. God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit are thought of as immanent and personal
• Moltmann's 'social' account of the Trinity emphasises the three persons of the Trinity existing in a community of mutual self-giving and receiving love. This offers a model for human personal relationship.
• Christians who follow Catholic Natural Moral Law believe that moral standards are not just a matter of opinion, they are objective and given by a personal God