Simply Trinity
The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit

I had the privilege of reading this before publication, and I have been downright antsy to see it hit the shelves. Dr. Barrett is thorough, biblically faithful, historically conscious, and refreshingly clear. It’s not a polemic but it is polemical, because it absolutely must be. If there is any ques......more

Really good. Barrett always helps me understand key components of theological viewpoints well. His appeal to maintain orthodox trinitarian theology is appealing and his pushback on EFS makes sense to me for the most part. Where I still struggle are points of the book where Barrett seemed to push bac......more

Barrett's book is excellent, thorough, and rigorous. I appreciated how Simply Trinity was rooted in the fathers of the faith and stands on the strong faithful tradition. One thing that I found really helpful was how Barrett has brief explanations for theological terms and brief biographies of differ......more

This is an excellent work. Written to be accessible and interesting, Barrett persuasively contends for the traditional understanding of the Trinity against competing models such as the various iterations of social Trinitarianism utilizing both historical and biblical evidence. Not stopping at theolo......more

A great and readable treatment of the subject. The book as a whole lays out the classical Nicene (in its Western formulation) doctrine through Scripture and history, while countering modern deviations from the classical approach. The most valuable chapter is a critique of the EFS view promoted by Wa......more