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

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 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.

We may think that our tradition is exactly the same as it has always been, but that is an illusion.

There is another world, and it is in this one.

Women in love are patheticand I cannot be bothered, for now, I am back to metaphysicsand my armpits gather hair.

Our prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity.

Electrical earth (ground) cables are all energized with radio frequencies (RF). Generally the further away from the ground rod you go, the more RF that you will find.

Brains will always conquer brawn, in the end. The soldiers can flex their muscles all they want, but the well-thought-out tactics of the generals are what win the war.

As a biologist, I can't think of myself as anything but an animal among animals and plant.

I have always believed that art should be a deep pleasure. I think there is a contradiction in an art of total despair, because the very fact that the art is made seems to contradict despair.

My goal is to never lose. That may not be realistic, but I'm going to try.

I appreciate some people enjoy reality TV and enjoy being a part of it - and I do watch it - but it isn't for me.

Do you advocate the Ten Commandments as a guide to the good life? Then I can only presume that you don't know the Ten Commandments.