Carl E. Braaten is professor emeritus of systematic theology at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and former executive director of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology. Christopher R. Seitz is currently professor of Biblical Interpretation at Wycliffe College. He was previously professor of Old Testament and theological studies at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is an ordained Episcopal Priest and has served parishes in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Germany and Scotland.
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Max L. Stackhouse "The arresting thesis of this striking collection of essays is that, as one of the authors says, 'the dominant heresy of the contemporary Western church is antinomianism.' Many people don't want to hear of a God who lays down the law. Most conveniently position themselves between 'It's a free country' in regard to areas where they want latitude and others to be nonjudgmental and 'There ought to be a law, ' invoking civil compulsion in areas where they want others to stop what they are doing. These authors, however, take the laws of God as found in the Ten Commandments very seriously as a prophetic message for today. The essays on 'Thou shalt not kill' and 'Thou shalt not commit adultery' are especially telling. But the whole book should be required reading in every seminary and recommended reading for serious church study groups."