“Whether you realize it or not, you are a theologian. You come to a book like this with a working theology, an existing understanding of God. Whether you are an agnostic or a fundamentalist — or something in between —… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“The flesh of Christ is like a rich and inexhaustible fountain that pours into us the life springing forth from the Godhead into itself.… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“All of the Reformers agreed among themselves and with Rome on the point that the Supper lies at the heart of the person of… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“As the pretensions of modernity are unmasked today, it is a good time for us to recover our nerve, “always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks [us] for a reason for the hope that is in [us]” (1Pe 3:15). By breaking into our history, sharing our history, and transforming that history from the inside out, God… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
“To study theology involves entering into a long, ongoing conversation, one that we did not begin. Others have been talking about God long before… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“True faith calls on the name of Jesus for salvation from death, hell, sin, and Satan. Therefore, sound theology has its source in a founding drama with its revealed doctrines. Through the drama and the doctrine together the Spirit produces doxology — repentance and trust — and brings us into the unfolding story of God, no longer as spectators, but… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
“Jerome does not condemn singing absolutely, but he corrects those who sing theatrically, or who sing not in order to arouse devotion but to show off or to provoke pleasure. Hence Augustine says, When it happens that I am more moved by the voice than the words sung, I confess to have sinned, and then I would rather not hear… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
“Calvin showed little patience toward those—especially leaders in the church—who displayed either explicitly or implicitly that they did not take God’s Word seriously. The obvious examples for him were the priests and monks. However, Calvin was even more irritated when, whether out of laziness, ignorance, or pride, those who had embraced the clear evangelical message failed to fulfill their office.… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share
“In short, Calvin has been given too much blame by critics and too much credit by fans. His real genius is to be found… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“Trials are the workshop of a Father, not the threats of a Judge. The arrow that looks as if it were targeting our heart… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“The orthodox hold the mean between these extremes, maintaining that the providence of God is so occupied about sin as neither idly to permit… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“This may be the most valuable and the most challenging thing we can learn from Calvin’s ecclesiology today: that the church is not something… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“The same word that is faith-producing and life-generating for some is for others an occasion to become more resolute in unbelief.” — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
