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 Copy Share Image
One of the best introductions to the history and ideas of Calvinism, packed with insight and wisdom. — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
Calvinism is the consistent endeavor to acknowledge the Creator as the Lord, working all things after the counsel of His will. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king. — George Bancroft 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
“Calvinism and Islam had this much in common: neither was just a religilon, both were social systems.” — David H. Finnie 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
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 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
“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
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
“No man that ever lived, not John Calvin himself, ever asserted either original sin, or justification by faith, in more strong, more… — John Wesley 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
“Now comes the really amazing part. What is offered to the world, to everyone who hears the gospel, is not a love… — John Piper 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
“The doctrines of original sin, election, and effectual calling, final perseverance, and all those great truths which are called Calvinism – though… — Charles Spurgeon 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
“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
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 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
During my academical life, and from this time forward, I was indefatigable in my search after truth. I read all the authors… — William Godwin 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
Bart Giamatti did not grow up (as he had dreamed) to play second base for the Red Sox. He became a professor… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
“Or could one seriously introduce the idea of a bad God, as it were by the back door, through a sort of… — Austin Fischer Copy Share Image
“Ah! Gentle, gracious Dove, And art thou grieved in me, That sinners should restrain thy love, And say, “It is not free:… — Charles Wesley Copy Share Image
“The common Calvinist experience of life as a refugee, or of being part of a host community that received refugees, led to… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
“To explain the matter I will employ a simile, which yet, I confess is very dissimilar; but its dissimilitude is greatly in… — James Arminius Copy Share Image
“And praise God, William recovered his health again, if not his hair. He began tutoring students in his shop in the evenings… — Sam Wellman 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
“No man has the right to rule over another man, otherwise such a right necessarily, and immediately becomes the right of the… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
“...Puritanism has made life itself impossible. More than art, more than estheticism, life represents beauty in a thousand variations; it is indeed,… — Emma Goldman 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
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 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
“True and sound wisdom consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.” — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“The Cross of Christ is the Aroma of Life for the elect and the Aroma of Death for the reprobate” — Royal Raj S Copy Share Image
For the Arminian, salvation is possible for all but certain for none. In the Calvinist position, salvation is sure for God's elect. — R. C. Sproul 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
“You can and you can't — You shall and you shan't — You will and you won't — And you will be… — Lorenzo Dow Copy Share Image
![“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.” quote by Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/oliver-d-crisp-12863_atonement_the-atonement-chapter-from-the-book-savi_1441682.jpg)
![“It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king.” quote by George Bancroft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/george-bancroft-20473_calvinism_it-calvinism-established-a-religion-with_1756006.png)
![“[Jonathan Edwards] he has to be engaged with on this issue if you're writing about Calvinism as I am in this book.” quote by Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3b/oliver-d-crisp-12863_book_jonathan-edwards-he-has-to-be-engaged-wi_2705317.jpg)
![“I confess [Election] is a hard doctrine, running contrary to our earthly ideas of fair play, but I can see no way around it. Read I Corinthians 6:13 and II Timothy 1:9,10. Also I Peter 1:2,19,20 and Romans 11:7. There you have it. It was good for Paul and Silas and it is good enough for me. It is…” quote by Charles Portis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/charles-portis-10753_calvinism_i-confess-election-is-a-hard-doctrine-ru_2510257.jpg)
![“In many ways the book [Saving Calvinism] is trying to argue for a more popular audience things I've said in some more scholarly works, namely, that the Reformed tradition is broader and more variegated than is often reported today, and that we need to recapture something of this in order that we…” quote by Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/oliver-d-crisp-12863_arguing_in-many-ways-the-book-saving-calvinism-i_2593601.jpg)
![“The book [Saving Calvinism] argues in each case that the Reformed tradition is broader and deeper than we might think at first glance - not that there are people on the margins of the tradition saying crazy things we should pay attention to, but rather that there are resources within the…” quote by Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/oliver-d-crisp-12863_arguing_the-book-saving-calvinism-argues-in-each_1428357.jpg)
![“The expansion I have in mind isn't the same as distortion. Of course, there are those who say their views represent Reformed thought, but what they end up with is a caricature of what Reformed thinking is really about. I hope I am not one of those people, but readers [of the Saving Calvinism] will…” quote by Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c33/oliver-d-crisp-12863_calvinism_the-expansion-i-have-in-mind-isn-t-the-s_1930588.jpg)
