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.

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

Nothing's going to change if you're just thinking about it. No matter how much you worry about someone else's problems.... you can't fix it for them.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love it is the prerogative of the brave.

Although God believers don't need evolution to be false, atheists need evolution to be true.

Actually, in this instance we do have probably a better tracking system than was the instance in Canada. Because this is a dairy cow, they're all individually tagged.

You know what happens to girls who loves lost boys? They become lost themselves.

Never underestimate how extraordinarily difficult it is to understand a situation from another person's point of view.

Ha! for a divine and lordly manor, there is nothing like solid ground.

Take one step to the side and it's all absurd.

It's a sensible rule that says before you get a mortgage it should be checked whether you can afford it.

God will have life to be real; we will be damned, but it shall be theatrical.