Reformed Quote by Oliver D. Crisp Download Open image “One of the things we in the Reformed tradition are very good at is writing doctrinal theology!” — Oliver D. Crisp ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Doctrinal Doctrinal Theology Reformed Reformed Tradition Religion Theology Tradition Very good Writing Writing Doctrinal
That is the great contribution of Reformed thinking to the Christian church: theology for a life well-lived. — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
“Much of what passes as Reformed among our churches is not. Its sources, spirit, and methods are alien to Reformed theology, piety, and practice.” — R. Scott Clark 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 Copy Share Image
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
Theological writing is usually done in essays or books, but I hope to show that if we concentrate on sentences, we may well learn… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
“Reformed theology isn't a sledgehammer with which to hit people, it's a pillow on which they can lay their weary heads.” — Burk Parsons Copy Share Image
“The discipline of theology is about learning to read Scripture more faithfully. It is also about speaking the truth of Scripture in ways that… — Beth Felker Jones Copy Share Image
Not everyone can be a theologian, but everyone should know some theology. — Carl E. Olson Copy Share Image
I'm on record as being understood to be a supporter of a reformed establishment, in which other Christian denominations, and other faiths, play a… — George Carey Copy Share Image
A theology should be like poetry, which takes us to the end of what words and thoughts can do. — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Reformed theology so far transcends the mere five points of Calvinism that it is an entire worldview. — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Reformed theology does NOT teach that God brings the ELECT kicking and screaming, against their will, into His kingdom. It teaches that God so-works… — R. C. Sproul 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 and liturgy,… — 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 and well… — Oliver D. Crisp 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 I have… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
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
Christ's work is a kind of deterrent to us, and a way of upholding the justice of God's divine government of the world. — Oliver D. Crisp 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 in some… — Oliver D. Crisp 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 do think that I have been fortunate to make friendships with other scholars, and form reading groups where ideas are exchanged and papers… — Oliver D. Crisp 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 think that… — 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 theological stream… — 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 that pushed… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
People who have reformed themselves has contributed their full share towards the reformation of their neighbor. — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
A catechism is simply a tool for teaching the fundamentals of the faith. Unlike a creed or confession, a catechism uses questions and answers.… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Our most pressing obligation is to do all in our power to obtain a revival that will result in a reformed, revitalized, purified church.… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
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
These days I'm often called a Deviant Calvinist, but I don't really think my views do deviate from the Reformed tradition, though in some… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
The emerging church, reformed according to the needs of self-esteem-starved-souls under the Lordship of Christ… will help us to affirm the concept that 'While… — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
“What is this but the contents and matter of our oath? What do we covenant? What do we vow? Is it not the preservation… — Various Copy Share Image
“Of all people however, Reformed Christians should resurrect the biblical teaching on self-denial from its unjust obscurity. it is not the property of Medieval… — Walter J. Chantry Copy Share Image
“The common Calvinist experience of life as a refugee, or of being part of a host community that received refugees, led to lasting international… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image