{"product_id":"none-greater-the-undomesticated-attributes-of-god-paperback","title":"None Greater: The Undomesticated Attributes of God - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Barrett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFred Sanders\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Matthew Barrett leads us to marvel at both how much and how little we know of God.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eTim Challies\u003c\/b\u003e, blogger at challies.com; author of \u003ci\u003eVisual Theology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor too long, Christians have domesticated God, bringing him down to our level as if he is a God who can be tamed. But he is a God who is high and lifted up, the Creator rather than the creature, someone than whom none greater can be conceived. If God is the most perfect, supreme being, infinite and incomprehensible, then certain perfect-making attributes must be true of him. Perfections like aseity, simplicity, immutability, impassibility, and eternity shield God from being crippled by creaturely limitations. At the same time, this all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-wise God accommodates himself, exhibiting perfect holiness, mercy, and love as he makes known who he is and how he will save us. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe attributes of God show us exactly why God is worthy of worship: there is none like him. Join Matthew Barrett as he rediscovers these divine perfections and finds himself surprised by the God he thought he knew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Matthew Barrett's excellent book lays out in clear, accessible terms what the biblical, historic, ecumenical doctrine of God is, why it matters, and why its abandonment by great swathes of the Protestant world is something that needs correction.\"--\u003cb\u003eCarl R. Trueman\u003c\/b\u003e, professor, Grove City College; author of \u003ci\u003eGrace Alone\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Perhaps not since R. C. Sproul has there been a treatment of such deep theology with such careful devotion and accessibility. Read this book. And stagger.\"--\u003cb\u003eJared Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e, director of content strategy, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; managing editor, For the Church; author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel-Driven Church\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"The knowledge of God is the soil in which Christian piety flourishes. I am grateful for the publication of \u003ci\u003eNone Greater \u003c\/i\u003eand pray it will be a source of growth in godliness among those captivated by its vision of God's supremacy.\"--\u003cb\u003eScott Swain\u003c\/b\u003e, president and James Woodrow Hassell Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary-Orlando; author of \u003ci\u003eReformed Catholicity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Matthew Barrett leads us to marvel at both how much and how little we know of God.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eTim Challies\u003c\/b\u003e, blogger at challies.com; author of \u003ci\u003eVisual Theology\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor too long, Christians have domesticated God, bringing him down to our level as if he is a God who can be tamed. But he is a God who is high and lifted up, the Creator rather than the creature, someone than whom none greater can be conceived. If God is the most perfect, supreme being, infinite and incomprehensible, then certain perfect-making attributes must be true of him. Perfections like aseity, simplicity, immutability, impassibility, and eternity shield God from being crippled by creaturely limitations. At the same time, this all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-wise God accommodates himself, exhibiting perfect holiness, mercy, and love as he makes known who he is and how he will save us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe attributes of God show us exactly why God is worthy of worship: there is none like him. Join Matthew Barrett as he rediscovers these divine perfections and finds himself surprised by the God he thought he knew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Matthew Barrett's excellent book lays out in clear, accessible terms what the biblical, historic, ecumenical doctrine of God is, why it matters, and why its abandonment by great swathes of the Protestant world is something that needs correction.\"--\u003cb\u003eCarl R. Trueman\u003c\/b\u003e, professor, Grove City College; author of \u003ci\u003eGrace Alone\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Perhaps not since R. C. Sproul has there been a treatment of such deep theology with such careful devotion and accessibility. Read this book. And stagger.\"--\u003cb\u003eJared Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e, director of content strategy, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; managing editor, For the Church; author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel-Driven Church\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"The knowledge of God is the soil in which Christian piety flourishes. I am grateful for the publication of \u003ci\u003eNone Greater \u003c\/i\u003eand pray it will be a source of growth in godliness among those captivated by its vision of God's supremacy.\"--\u003cb\u003eScott Swain\u003c\/b\u003e, president and James Woodrow Hassell Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary-Orlando; author of \u003ci\u003eReformed Catholicity\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Barrett\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of Christian theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eGod's Word Alone \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eReformation Theology. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also the executive editor of \u003ci\u003eCredo \u003c\/i\u003emagazine\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand the host of the \u003ci\u003eCredo\u003c\/i\u003e podcast.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Barrett\u003c\/b\u003e (MDiv, PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of Christian theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and the executive editor of \u003ci\u003eCredo Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eGod's Word Alone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e 40 Questions about Salvation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Reformation Theology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e John Owen on the Christian Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSalvation by Grace. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also the host of the Credo podcast where he talks with fellow theologians about the most important doctrines of the faith. 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