Oliver D. Crisp

Reading [John] Calvin is a breath of fresh air.

— Oliver D. Crisp

[Calvinistic tradition] has fashioned and shaped my thinking since I was a teenager.

— Oliver D. Crisp

Jonathan Edwards developed a Calvinistic strand of the doctrine.

— Oliver D. Crisp

Christ's work is a kind of deterrent to us, and a way of upholding the justice of God's divine government of the…

— Oliver D. Crisp

[John Calvin] writes clearly, directly, without artifice, and gets straight to the practical heart of the matter.

— Oliver D. Crisp

There is no such thing as a stationary tradition. Traditions are always developing, living things.

— 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

The best Reformed theology isn't just about careful arguments for theologically sophisticated conclusions. It is about how to live the Christian life.

— Oliver D. Crisp

I'm sometimes asked about my productivity, which I find a bit embarrassing to be honest. I don't really have a particularly interesting…

— Oliver D. Crisp

[John] Calvin's Institutes is often called a summary of Christian piety. You can't say that about many modern works of theology. You…

— Oliver D. Crisp

One of the things we in the Reformed tradition are very good at is writing doctrinal theology!

— Oliver D. Crisp

Here is the interesting twist:[McLeod] Campbell came to his views through reading Jonathan Edwards who suggested at one point in his ruminations…

— Oliver D. Crisp

To my mind [ Jonathan Edwards] is an interesting figure because he is both a canonical Reformed thinker, and yet also someone…

— Oliver D. Crisp

What I am trying to argue here [Save Calvinism] and in other works before this one is that the Reformed tradition as…

— Oliver D. Crisp

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

For those interested in Reformed thought more broadly, I'd recommend Peter Leithart's recent book on Reformed Catholicism entitled, The End of Protestantism:…

— Oliver D. Crisp

These days I'm often called a Deviant Calvinist, but I don't really think my views do deviate from the Reformed tradition, though…

— Oliver D. Crisp

I recommend Doug Sweeney's recent book [Jonathan] Edwards the Exegete (Oxford University Press, 2015), which is a terrific treatment of the way…

— Oliver D. Crisp

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

There are constraints on what counts as "Reformed." It's more than a name or a label. It's about belonging to a particular…

— Oliver D. Crisp

The alternative of hypothetical universalism, according to which Christ's work is sufficient for all but efficient only for the elect, was alive…

— Oliver D. Crisp

[John Calvin's] treatment of the person and work of Christ, of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, of prayer…

— Oliver D. Crisp

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

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

I think everyone who has an interest in Reformed theology, or just in Christian theology more generally, should read John Calvin Institutes.

— Oliver D. Crisp

How many people in the pews know that [ Jonathan Edwards] is both a founder of evangelicalism and, say, an idealist who…

— Oliver D. Crisp

[John Calvin's] Humanist training makes him an excellent writer. What is more, he is as relevant today as he was 500 years ago.

— Oliver D. Crisp

In the chapter on the nature of the atonement [in the book saving Calvinism] I argue that it is a mistake to…

— Oliver D. Crisp

That is the great contribution of Reformed thinking to the Christian church: theology for a life well-lived.

— Oliver D. Crisp

[John] Calvin is often identified with his account of predestination. Yet that appears in the third book of his Institutes, not the…

— Oliver D. Crisp

I don't really have a lot of interns, although I do now use Research Assistants to help me compile indexes when that…

— Oliver D. Crisp

[I'm often called a Deviant Calvinist] but that only goes to underline the point I'm trying to make about the need to…

— Oliver D. Crisp

[Jonathan] Edwards definitely shows up in the book [Saving Calvinism]. He appears as one of the interlocutors in the chapter on free…

— Oliver D. Crisp

I do think that I have been fortunate to make friendships with other scholars, and form reading groups where ideas are exchanged…

— Oliver D. Crisp

For those who have only ever read about [John] Calvin, reading the man himself is an invigorating experience.

— Oliver D. Crisp

Reformed theology belongs to this confessional tradition, and Reformed theologians and churches continue to write confessions even today.

— Oliver D. Crisp

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

— Oliver D. Crisp

[ Jonathan] Edwards is one of my heroes. I've learned much from him over the years.

— Oliver D. Crisp

We are still living with the consequences of that today in popular Reformed thinking from the likes of John Piper, R. C.…

— Oliver D. Crisp

The confessions don't speak with one voice. They are more like a cluster of closely-related but distinct voices - a kind of…

— Oliver D. Crisp