First off, concerning the use of the Apostle's Creed: that might be true for your denomination, not mine.

"none of the hardline conservative theologians" Let me give it a try.
From what I've perused through the first few pages (out of 13 in my printout) I've already noted.

For one, on the first page ending with the words "Looking at the Bible" in bold print lest my printout differs from yours): I wonder why he asks, "What about tradition?" when he doesn't bother with the Orthoidox tradition at all.