I've studied him for over a decade. He is not interested in Lutheranism. I'm sure he understands it but it's not his thing. I used to read the blogs of some guys who debated him constantly about 12 years ago about EO, back when some other EO guys also did a lot of blogging, reams and reams of articles and debates, both of whom are no longer EO and are lost in the sands of time. I won't mention their names as they probably wouldn't want any mentions. Reading these blogs was what first got me into EO. There was a book called "Reconsidering Tulip" by Alexander Renault, that for a while convinced me EO had some truth but I could never follow it because it was too far from Lutheranism; I then encountered Jordan Cooper and basically continued from there. The big thing with EO is the transfiguration and essence-energies, for some like David Bradshaw, phD , it makes perfect sense but for me I just don't see it. However, I don't fit perfectly anywhere but if I had to choose it would be Lutheranism , the Presbyterian nightmare of federal vision, and Sunday worship as mandatory, the "progressive covenantalism" of Reformed baptists... .these are major quagmires compared to any issues I have with Lutheranism.
