[ Jonathan] Edwards is one of my heroes. I've learned much from him over the years.

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.

What is madness but nobility of the soul at odds with circumstance.

We can reach a global harmony if we remove xenophobia

A loving heart blooms like a flower that attracts all the beauty and light of life.

If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.

To be lonely is to have lost the enjoyed fellowship with God

We spend our lives striving to be persons of influence and consequence, when all that is required is to consistently do good to others.

Oh, it's you," Curran's voice said quietly. "I thought it was an elephant.

As a reader I gravitate toward work that rests in the gray area, that doesn't come with easy answers.

Acting's not my whole life. My children definitely come first.

There's so much fear running our lives that we forget to be human when it really counts.