"Allen explains and exhibits the dogmatic task as a human activity within the divine economy of grace reliant on the Triune God both for the content of right human speech and for the internal principle of knowing, the illumination of the Spirit, to embrace these divine truths in genuine faith." -- Presbyterion "Teachers in the congregational and academic context will profit from reading this rich volume . and absorb the numerous, positive [insights] for their theological work." -- AfeT Reviews (Bloomsbury Translation) "With his characteristic verve and confident engagement with theological conversations past and present, Michael Allen puts us all in his debt. Whether taking up exegetical, dogmatic, or ascetical issues, Allen consistently sheds light, reads charitably, and bears Christian witness in pursuit of a richly contemporary and classical Reformed articulation of faith. Highly recommended!" --Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary, USA "The sum of these previously published essays is greater than their individual parts just as the fear of the Lord is greater than any one theological proposition or act of obedience. What Allen displays is a way of doing theology that is as wise as it is God-centered and God-fearing." --Kevin J.

Vanhoozer, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, USA "Articulating a robust theology for our times, these essays represent a constructive engagement with the Reformed tradition set in its wider catholic context. Marked by clarity, scholarship, and succinct expression, they will repay careful study." --David Fergusson, Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, UK.