themtj's review
4.0
Outstanding. I'd only had moderate exposure to Frame prior to this work and this is not where I would have chosen to start. That being said, I was continually impressed by his approach and frequently found myself in agreement with him. This was a textbook for my seminary ethic's course and that is a good place for it. Any seminarian or pastor ought to spend some time in this.
lutheranlongaphie's review against another edition
2.0
I found this absolutely painful. So many hours. I wish not to recall so many hours I spent within the covers of this monstrously large and oh so dry textbook. Modern theologians would do well to remember the way that books on matters of divinity were done with a heightened level of devotion and piety to them. Why are all these new theology books the paper comparison of saltine crackers? To comment on the actual content of the book, this does not reflect Presbyterian theology. There is a good reason why frame is read by baptists and the PCA but not the confessional reformed. Even many reformed baptists boycott him. The reason is that he rejects a good chunk of the conclusions, methodology, and mindest of the confessions and those who hold them. That being said it's pretty good as far as it is a very broad brushed reference tool for ethical issues. though it doesn't go perhaps in depth enough on any of them to be useful. That is another issue with many modern books i have been reading for school lately. Don't you authors know that covering thousands of issues with a paragraph for each is completely useful for people in real life? I'm sure you know. Deep down you must know. Stop writing these completely massive books that profit nothing that
a quick "got questions" or equivalent evangelical resource can't.
a quick "got questions" or equivalent evangelical resource can't.
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