This is one of the more challenging books I've read recently, and parts will stick with me. I found Clark's QIRC (Quest for Illegitimate Religious Certainty) and QIRE (Quest for Illegitimate Religious Experience) to be really useful models with broader applicability. I'm still thinking through his arguments about the confessional boundaries pertaining to e.g. creation, but appreciated the case he builds for both the demands and freedoms of confessional adherence.

I'm not sure I followed all his arguments about the Regulative Principle, but came away with a burden for how much of our heritage we've set aside with seemingly little forethought (especially when it comes to the psalms).

He contrasts with medieval mystics the Reformed tradition's "rather modest mysticism [located] in Word and sacrament" (334), which I loved. ( )