Gerhard Forde makes a dashingly bold move to construct a whole systematic theology on the model of Martin Luther's Bondage of the Will. Forde continues Luther's polemic against every theology that fools with God apart from the Word. . . Forde writes a theology that is good for nothing but proclaiming the living Word of God.
--Carl E. Braaten
Professor of Systematic Theology
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Here is a theologian, who believes in proclamation Working from a distinction between God preached and the hidden God not preached, Gerhard Forde develops a theology for preachers. The thought is edgy; the style is exciting.
--David G. Buttrick
The Divinity School
Vanderbilt University