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Trinitarian Letters - Speakeasy Book Review

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When I read the blurbs about this book I was very excited to get started reading it. The buzz indicated that it discussed the trinitarian relationship in a similar manner to books like Wm. Paul Young's The Shack - which is one of my favorites. In The Shack , the relationship between Father, Son and Holy Spirit is fluid, non-hierarchical - full of humor and love. While Trinitarian letters does support that view, it's not quite as enjoyable to read . Granted, The Shack is a novel and this book is a collection of short pieces on varying topics, but I find the style to be distracting and kind of over-the-top. Every page is peppered with exclamation points!!!! And statements in bold and/or italics to get the points across that the author wants to make (!!!). I do agree very much with what Paul Kurts is saying in his discussions (including topics such as salvation, grace, whether or not a person can fall from grace, and what exactly Jesus was accomplishing with his work o