Oliver D. Crisp

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

— 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

[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

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

[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

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

Jonathan Edwards developed a Calvinistic strand of the doctrine.

— 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

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

[John] Calvin is revered as a thinker of immense importance in Reformed thought, Jonathan Edwards could say in his preface to his…

— 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

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

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

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

— Oliver D. Crisp

No confession is inerrant; Reformed Christians are supposed to be those who seek to be constantly reformed according to the Word of…

— Oliver D. Crisp

There is the view I call penal non-substitution, or the penal example view. (It is also called the Governmental View in textbooks…

— Oliver D. Crisp

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

— Oliver D. Crisp

Now, don't get me wrong: I'm not rubbishing penal substitution. But there are other options that have been advocated by Reformed thinkers…

— Oliver D. Crisp

In the twentieth century the Reformed tradition was developed in several ways including additional confessions (Barmen, the Belhar Confession, the 1967 Confession…

— Oliver D. Crisp

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

— Oliver D. Crisp

God shows us in Christ what he would have to do if he were to punish us for our sins.

— Oliver D. Crisp

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

[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

[ Jonathan] Edwards is the person who really made theological determinism a serious option for Reformed thinkers, and the influence his views…

— Oliver D. Crisp

For instance, the notion of non-penal substitution. This idea, found in the work of the nineteenth century Scottish Reformed theologian John McLeod…

— Oliver D. Crisp