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
[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 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
[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
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 Barmen Copy Share Image
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 Deviants Copy Share Image
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 Bible 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 Calvinism Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
[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 Book Copy Share Image
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 Book Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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![“[John] Calvin is often identified with his account of predestination. Yet that appears in the third book of his Institutes, not the first.” quote by Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/oliver-d-crisp-12863_accounts_john-calvin-is-often-identified-with-his_1116600.jpg)
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![“I recommend Doug Sweeney's recent book [Jonathan] Edwards the Exegete (Oxford University Press, 2015), which is a terrific treatment of the way in which Edwards was steeped in the Bible, so that it shaped the whole of his thinking.” quote by Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d2/oliver-d-crisp-12863_bible_i-recommend-doug-sweeney-s-recent-book-j_1302304.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)
![“[John] Calvin is revered as a thinker of immense importance in Reformed thought, Jonathan Edwards could say in his preface to his treatise on Freedom of the Will that he had derived none of his views from the work of Calvin, though he was willing to be called a "Calvinist" for the sake of…” quote by Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/oliver-d-crisp-12863_conventions_john-calvin-is-revered-as-a-thinker-of-i_1850444.jpg)
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