On Monotheism.

Weber mentions the inadequacy of the concept of monotheism, in that monotheism generally deals with an abstract, unknown, and absolute God or deity. (Weber, 354) In God's revelation (in God's concrete self-disclosing acts), God contradicts this general monotheism as God encounters us as Father, Son and Spirit. Does this mean three Gods? No, in that God in his freedom determines Himself as the One Triune God. This is not easy. Weber prefers the term "revelational monotheism" because it allows the Biblical revelation of God to determine our way of thinking and conceiving of God. Weber states that

...the biblical witness makes three things clear. The one God is not a solitary God. He is not a lifeless God. He is not a God who is wrapped up in himself.

Weber, 358.

God is three and God is one. He is the personal, living, and outward oriented Triune God. So what does this mean practically? Four things:

1) This means first of all that worship, service, and obedience are due to God alone...

2) God is this One God as the Lord who deals with us...

3) God is, as the One and the Only One, the God whom we may and should trust solely and completely...

4) God is the One and the Unique as the God who discloses himself to us really, validly, and as he who stands over against us.

Weber, 358-60.