Mockingbird blog reviews
Dr. Horton's latest work
. Their conclusion:
...this book shows how the “great questions” that have always confronted Christian theologians–questions like the number and nature of the attributes of God, how to (best) understand the Trinity, for instance–are, despite what many in our generation are wont to believe, not simply dry and dull points of anachronistic quibbling that can be done away with while we “build the Kingdom,” or something like that. They are, as Horton ably shows, the very areas from which our everyday Christian lives–our praxis–derive their significance and meaning. From arguments about God’s aesity and simplicity (read the book) to the questions surrounding infused vs. imputed righteousness, each of these admittedly abstruse issues has a clear and definite analogy to everyday life and, like Steve Jobs, affect your life whether you want it to or not. While the level of theological reflection in this book may not be suitable for everyone’s ability, time , or even interest(!), it stands as a particular challenge to every Christian teacher, pastor and theologian in particular, because this 1000+ page tour de force is a powerful witness to the profound, deep, sophisticated and defensible “faith once delivered.”
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