John Calvin Quote by Michael Reeves Download Open image ““John Calvin said that we pray, as it were, through Jesus’ mouth.”” — Michael Reeves ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare John Calvin
“Only a misunderstanding of Calvin’s theology could prompt the question Why pray if God is sovereign? The Reformer himself might turn the question back… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“I expect that Calvin would evaluate our worship today not as too emotional, but as too narrow in its emotional repertoire.” — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
“I believe we best say yes to God's glory and sovereignty by saying no to Calvinism.” — Austin Fischer Copy Share Image
“No man that ever lived, not John Calvin himself, ever asserted either original sin, or justification by faith, in more strong, more clear and… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
“How, as John Calvin put it, “without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.” “For” — Ian Morgan Cron Copy Share Image
“For Calvin, to accept compromise when Scripture has spoken is to affront the divine majesty of the Author. What” — Burk Parsons Copy Share Image
“The greatest prayers that I could ever utter come from the heart. And when I pray that way, I rarely need to open my… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The true Calvinist is someone whose whole life is devoted to the glory of God.” — James Montgomery Boice Copy Share Image
“... prayer does not have to be theologically correct. It is a conversation.” — John Goldingay Copy Share Image
“We're going to pray right now. Then you'll stay for Bible Study, at least praise time. You need to remember how Jesus sees you,and… — Stephanie McCall Copy Share Image
“Clearly the salvation of this God is better even than forgiveness, and certainly more secure. Other gods might offer forgiveness, but this God welcomes… — Michael Reeves Copy Share Image
“we don’t need to try to ‘fit’ God into each day, that is to see our prayer life as something different from the rest of life. In fact the danger arises precisely when you do think your prayer life is something separate. No, for the Son everything flows from his communion with his Father, and so it should become for… — Michael Reeves Copy Share
“In Christ the Word, we exchange darkness for light as we think of God. For he perfectly shows us an unsurpassably desirable God, a… — Michael Reeves Copy Share Image
“To know you are a beloved child of God protects you from thinking of prayer as a ladder to God or an exercise by… — Michael Reeves Copy Share Image
“Learn much of the Lord Jesus. For every look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ. He is altogether lovely. Such infinite majesty, and yet such meekness and grace, and all for sinners, even the chief. Live much in the smiles of God. Bask in His beams. Feel His all-seeing eye settled on you in love, and repose in His… — Michael Reeves Copy Share
Christianity is not primarily about lifestyle change; it is about knowing God. — Michael Reeves Copy Share Image
Jesus has thrilled and satisfied the heart and mind of the Father for eternity. He must be all-sufficient for you. — Michael Reeves Copy Share Image
“Yet is all this fair to Erasmus? Was he not the one who made the Greek New Testament available, so providing the coals for the Reformation? Certainly he did, and yet his possession of the Scriptures (and his deep study of them) changed little for the man himself because of how he treated them. Burying them under convenient assertions of… — Michael Reeves Copy Share
“The Father loves his Son, and so hates sin, which ultimately is rejection of the Son; he loves his children, and so hates their being oppressed; he loves his world, and so hates all evil in it. Thus in his love he roots out sin in his people, even disciplining them that they might be freed from their captivity to… — Michael Reeves Copy Share
I read the other day an account of a meeting between John Knox and John Calvin. Imagine a dialogue between a pestilence and a… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Finally, the Reformers also agreed that worship should be in the vernacular and that the twofold structure of Word and sacrament be maintained. Zwingli was the only Reformer who disagreed with the desire to return to the ancient structure of Word and sacrament. His emphasis was on the Word only. Zwingli’s position remained the most influential in the circles of… — Robert E. Webber Copy Share
[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 Christian thought. The same could… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share
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 Copy Share Image
“THE LAW “THE THIRD, AND PRINCIPAL USE, WHICH PERTAINS MORE CLOSELY TO THE PROPER USE OF THE LAW, FINDS ITS PLACE AMONG BELIEVERS IN… — Mark Jones 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
A silk dress in four sections, and shoes with high heels that would have broken the heart of John Calvin. — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
No person, no matter how clever and deceitful, can indefinitely hide a character that is rotten and out of tune with God. John Calvin… — John Macarthur Copy Share Image
“No man that ever lived, not John Calvin himself, ever asserted either original sin, or justification by faith, in more strong, more clear and… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
We talk about predestination because the Bible talks about predestination. If we desire to build our theology on the Bible, we run head on… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“How, as John Calvin put it, “without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.” “For” — Ian Morgan Cron Copy Share Image
“The Swiss theologian John Calvin, in his commentaries on the Hebrew prophets, says that God so identifies with the poor that their cries express… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
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