The author has persuaded me to think first about God's perfections as lenses for viewing the atonement, and to think afterward about theories of the atonement. High praise for that! After my first read I believed that the author's treatment of the atonement was better than his treatment of wisdom. I changed my mind after the second read: I find his development of both to be edifying. Again, high praise. On page 99 Johnson describes Paul's statement "I have been crucified with Christ" as "a profoundly representational statement (I was crucified with Christ, rather than he was crucified for me)." That statement led me to fresh awareness that I want to be better versed in representational thinking. It also prompted me to wish that the author would "unleash" more of his exegetical prowess in addition to merely citing biblical references.