As the power of Christianity declined through the centuries that have followed the Reformation, Calvinism played a less and less important part,… — Ralph Adams Cram Copy Share Image
A man is not saved against his will, but he is made willing by the operation of the Holy Ghost. A mighty… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Calvinism is an all-embracing system of principles... It is rooted in a form of religion which was peculiarly its own, and form… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
The expansion I have in mind isn't the same as distortion. Of course, there are those who say their views represent Reformed… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
“Although upon doctrines of grace our views differ from those avowed by Arminian Methodists, we have usually found that on the great… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“I [...] suggest considering Byron as a Scottish poet – I say ’Scottish’, not ’Scots’, since he wrote in English. The one… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
Sometimes we can lose the wood for the trees. Some specific issues dealt with in the book [Saving Calvinism]: the scope of… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
“Tyranny flourishes in those societies that reject the Reformed Faith. Tyranny is squelched and liberty flourishes in those societies that embrace the… — Joseph C. Morecraft III Copy Share Image
Calvinism emphasizes divine sovereignty and free grace; Arminianism emphasizes human responsibility. The one restricts the saving grace to the elect; the other… — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
“...Calvinism has a sharply-defined starting-point of its own for the three fundamental relations of all human existence: viz., our relation to God,… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
“To teach men that they possess the ability to turn from sin when they choose to do so is to hide the… — Iain H. Murray Copy Share Image
Reformed theology so far transcends the mere five points of Calvinism that it is an entire worldview. — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
I have my own opinion that there is no such thing as preaching Christ and Him crucified, unless we preach what nowadays… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“God sovereignly decreed that man should be free to exercise moral choice, and man from the beginning has fulfilled that decree by… — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
“I confess [Election] is a hard doctrine, running contrary to our earthly ideas of fair play, but I can see no way… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
As time went by we developed a sort of ideology without ever formulating it as such. I've always said that we are… — Bernd Becher Copy Share Image
In many ways the book [Saving Calvinism] is trying to argue for a more popular audience things I've said in some more… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
[Jonathan Edwards] he has to be engaged with on this issue if you're writing about Calvinism as I am in this book. — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
I was raised as a Calvinist, which is doctrine-driven. And though there are many things wrong with Calvinism, you are at least… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
“At present, the successful office-seeker is a good deal like the center of the earth; he weighs nothing himself, but draws everything… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“If God is love (1 John 4:7) but intended Christ’s atoning death to be the propitiation for only certain people so only… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
To suggest that the merciful, longsuffering, gracious and loving God of the Bible would invent a dreadful doctrine like Calvinism, which would… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
“I believe we best say yes to God's glory and sovereignty by saying no to Calvinism.” — Austin Fischer Copy Share Image
“Incarceration seems to have been obtained in consequence of Mrs. Packard using her reason and, not as reported, by her losing her… — Emily Mann Copy Share Image