with some of Dr. Grudem’s concerns as we integrate exegetical detail, form theological decisions, and evaluate historical theological dogma. Since many of the authors of this book were evaluated in Dr. Grudem’s book, we have both a personal and professional desire to understand and be understood. It is also our desire that we articulate our views with both clarity and charity. “The past will not tell us what we should do, but it will often tell us what we should avoid.”5 It is neither to the recent