Calvinism Quotes · Page 2

“To explain the matter I will employ a simile, which yet, I confess is very dissimilar; but its dissimilitude is greatly in…

— James Arminius

Indifference to all the refinements of life--it's really shocking. Just Calvinism, that's all. Calvinism without the excuse of Calvin's theology.

— Aldous Huxley

It is no novelty, then, that I am preaching; no new doctrine. I love to proclaim these strong old doctrines, that are…

— Charles Spurgeon

For instance, there are many mainstream Reformed theologians that deny the doctrine of "limited" atonement (the "L" in TULIP, the acrostic for…

— Oliver D. Crisp

“How is it more for the glory of God to save man irresistibly, than to save him as a free agent, by…

— John Wesley

“The common Calvinist experience of life as a refugee, or of being part of a host community that received refugees, led to…

— Thurgood Marshall

I think what Calvinism may offer us is that God's in charge of his world.

— George Carey

In Calvinism and sectarianism man became more and more transformed into an abstract moral subject, as in Descartes he was considered an…

— Paul Tillich

It is often reported that the Five Points of Calvinism are the conceptual hard-core of Reformed thought. That is very misleading. The…

— Oliver D. Crisp

“Trie and sound wisdom consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.”

— John Calvin

Let us...once and forever put an end to that lie which says that Calvinism and an interest in evangelism are not comparable.

— George Whitefield

“You can and you can't — You shall and you shan't — You will and you won't — And you will be…

— Lorenzo Dow

“Now comes the really amazing part. What is offered to the world, to everyone who hears the gospel, is not a love…

— John Piper

One of the best introductions to the history and ideas of Calvinism, packed with insight and wisdom.

— Alister E. McGrath

“No man has the right to rule over another man, otherwise such a right necessarily, and immediately becomes the right of the…

— Abraham Kuyper

Bart Giamatti did not grow up (as he had dreamed) to play second base for the Red Sox. He became a professor…

— David Halberstam

The book [Saving Calvinism] argues in each case that the Reformed tradition is broader and deeper than we might think at first…

— Oliver D. Crisp

The atonement chapter [from the book Saving Calvinism] shows how there are real riches in Reformed theology that most Christians today have…

— Oliver D. Crisp

“Davie's hostility to sectarianism, and to religious 'fanaticism', was perhaps part of his appeal. He acknowledged the legacy of Calvinism in his…

— Robert D. Anderson

The book [Saving Calvinism] itself is not recommending that we move the borders, so to speak. It is recommending that we look…

— Oliver D. Crisp

“...Puritanism has made life itself impossible. More than art, more than estheticism, life represents beauty in a thousand variations; it is indeed,…

— Emma Goldman

To me, Calvinism means the placing of the eternal God at the head of all things.

— Charles Spurgeon

We declare, upon Scriptural authority, that the human will is so desperately set on mischief, so depraved, and so inclined to everything…

— Charles Spurgeon

“Of all the wicked heresies and threatening movements facing the church in our day, when Westminster Seminary finally organized their faculty to…

— Anonymous

It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king.

— George Bancroft