"In The Son Who Learned Obedience, Glenn Butner establishes himself as a very competent evangelical theologian. Butner's grasp of historic orthodoxy and of the doctrines he discusses is impressive. I cannot recommend this book too highly." --Kevin Giles, author of Jesus and the Father: Modern Evangelicals Reinvent the Doctrine of the Trinity "How shall we read Scripture well when it proclaims that the Son learned obedience? Some answers to that question take Christianity in new and misguided directions both in doctrine and ethics. Butner's rejoinder to the modern doctrine of eternal functional subordination is a biblically sound and doctrinally rich guide that shows the direction to a more faithful answer. Anyone tempted by, or interested in, the theological and ethical implications of this new teaching should take this book to heart and digest it carefully." --D. Stephen Long, Southern Methodist University "In The Son Who Learned Obedience Glenn Butner takes the recent controversy over eternal functional subordination and places it into an effective dialogue with the long history of trinitarian and christological doctrine.

Many commentators have quoted a few church fathers and some reformers along the way. Butner's book is the best so far in rehearsing the classical lines of Christian doctrine, patiently comparing them to the terms of the recent debate. The result, especially for questions about dyotheletism and the singular will of the Trinity, is immensely clarifying." --Fred Sanders, Biola University.