[John Calvin's] Humanist training makes him an excellent writer. What is more, he is as relevant today as he was 500 years ago.

There is no such thing as a stationary tradition. Traditions are always developing, living things.

The confessions don't speak with one voice. They are more like a cluster of closely-related but distinct voices - a kind of choir, if you like.

[John] Calvin is often identified with his account of predestination. Yet that appears in the third book of his Institutes, not the first.

[John] Calvin's Institutes is often called a summary of Christian piety. You can't say that about many modern works of theology. You can say it of Calvin.

I think everyone who has an interest in Reformed theology, or just in Christian theology more generally, should read John Calvin Institutes.

God shows us in Christ what he would have to do if he were to punish us for our sins.

[Calvinistic tradition] has fashioned and shaped my thinking since I was a teenager.

The best Reformed theology isn't just about careful arguments for theologically sophisticated conclusions. It is about how to live the Christian life.

The atonement chapter [from the book Saving Calvinism] shows how there are real riches in Reformed theology that most Christians today have no idea about.

Reformed theology belongs to this confessional tradition, and Reformed theologians and churches continue to write confessions even today.

Some things need to be left unsaid.

You must be a light unto yourself.

When you look back, most days in life seem ordinary, but there are some that change your life forever and remain etched in your memory.

Contemporary Christian church would normally think that things are impossible

If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.

You're never really out of politics.

It is only about things which concern us most profoundly that we lie clearly and with profound conviction.

I have some extra costumes-" "No!" Ephialtes snapped, and for once Percy was in agreement.

The public's not stupid.

The living can assist the imagination of the dead.