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.

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

[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.

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

Maybe not. But maybe that's how the world changes, Isaiah. One father, one child, at a time.

Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions.

Reality is highly overrated.

When will you be brave enough to recognize your success story?

Librarians are on the front lines of an invisible struggle over our information diet and, for better or worse, the scales are not tipping in their direction.

I don't want anything I don't deserve, but if they offer me more money, I'm not stupid.

I used to be a good party boy. I'm old. I'm an old man. You pay the consequences. I'm just fine with a couple of drinks, no more than that.

Nobody is ever misunderstood at a fireside; he may only be disagreed with.

I made a list of things I have to remember and a list of things I want to forget, but I see they are the same list.

I am not afraid if people think Matt LeBlanc in 'Episodes' is who I am - my friends and family know who I am.