[ Jonathan] Edwards is one of my heroes. I've learned much from him over the years. — Oliver D. Crisp Hero Copy Share Image
Jonathan Edwards developed a Calvinistic strand of the doctrine. — Oliver D. Crisp Doctrine Copy Share Image
God shows us in Christ what he would have to do if he were to punish us for our sins. — Oliver D. Crisp Christ Copy Share Image
[Calvinistic tradition] has fashioned and shaped my thinking since I was a teenager. — Oliver D. Crisp Teenager Copy Share Image
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 Consequence Copy Share Image
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 Christian Copy Share Image
One of the things we in the Reformed tradition are very good at is writing doctrinal theology! — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
We may think that our tradition is exactly the same as it has always been, but that is an illusion. — Oliver D. Crisp Culture Copy Share Image
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 Argument Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
For those who have only ever read about [John] Calvin, reading the man himself is an invigorating experience. — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
[ Jonathan] Edwards is the person who really made theological determinism a serious option for Reformed thinkers, and the influence his views… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
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 Book Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
To my mind [ Jonathan Edwards] is an interesting figure because he is both a canonical Reformed thinker, and yet also someone… — 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 Atonement Copy Share Image
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 Disciple Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Aberration 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 Atonement 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
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 Argument 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
[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 Believer Copy Share Image
The Reformed tradition at the beginning of the twenty-first century is different as a consequence of this - and different in nontrivial… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
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 Adherence Copy Share Image
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 Christ 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… — Oliver D. Crisp Atonement Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a stationary tradition. Traditions are always developing, living things. — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
Reformed theology belongs to this confessional tradition, and Reformed theologians and churches continue to write confessions even today. — Oliver D. Crisp Church Copy Share Image
[John Calvin] writes clearly, directly, without artifice, and gets straight to the practical heart of the matter. — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
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 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 Book Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
That is the great contribution of Reformed thinking to the Christian church: theology for a life well-lived. — Oliver D. Crisp Christian Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
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![“There is the view I call penal non-substitution, or the penal example view. (It is also called the Governmental View in textbooks of theology.) This is often associated with Arminian theology stemming from the great Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius. However, the view was taken up by [Jonathan] Edwards's…” quote by Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f0/oliver-d-crisp-12863_disciple_there-is-the-view-i-call-penal-non-subst_2083716.jpg)
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![“Sometimes we can lose the wood for the trees. Some specific issues dealt with in the book [Saving Calvinism]: the scope of election (who is saved?); the nature of the atonement (do we have to hold to penal substitution if we're Reformed?); the scope of the atonement (for whom did Christ die?)…” quote by Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74c/oliver-d-crisp-12863_atonement_sometimes-we-can-lose-the-wood-for-the-t_1996596.jpg)
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![“[John Calvin's] treatment of the person and work of Christ, of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, of prayer and liturgy, of the sacraments, and of the way in which we have an in-built sense of the divine that we suppress to our great sorrow - these are all immense contributions to…” quote by Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/oliver-d-crisp-12863_believer_john-calvin-s-treatment-of-the-person-an_62415.jpg)
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