None Greater
The Undomesticated Attributes of God
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4.7 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
"Matthew Barrett leads us to marvel at both how much and how little we know of God."--Tim Challies, blogger at challies.com; author of Visual Theology
For 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.
The 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.
"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."--Carl R. Trueman, professor, Grove City College; author of Grace Alone
"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."--Jared Wilson, director of content strategy, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; managing editor, For the Church; author of The Gospel-Driven Church
"The knowledge of God is the soil in which Christian piety flourishes. I am grateful for the publication of None Greater and pray it will be a source of growth in godliness among those captivated by its vision of God's supremacy."--Scott Swain, president and James Woodrow Hassell Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary-Orlando; author of Reformed Catholicity
Customer Reviews
Getting to know God better
How can we love, trust, and live for the His glory without first knowing God? None Greater is an excellent book to learn more about God, our Creator, without going back to seminary.
More accessible than the Christian literary works it draws from, Dr. Matthew Barrett elegantly intertwines sound theology from Augustine, Anslem, Aquinas, Charnock, and more without losing much depth.
The book addresses how our culture often sees God (maybe I should have put that as a little g there) as a bigger and better version of ourselves. Dr. Berrett carefully differentiates the Creator from creatures by expanding on Aslems proof of God as the most perfect being which no greater can be conceived. Each chapter is devoted to a different attribute of God (e.g., power, knowledge, etc.) and how they are infinite in nature.
I highly recommend this book for a layperson, like myself, who wants to deepen their faith by getting a better understanding of God.