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

There is no such thing as a stationary tradition. Traditions are always developing, living things.

The confessions don't speak with one voice. They are more like a cluster of closely-related but distinct voices - a kind of choir, if you like.

[John] Calvin is often identified with his account of predestination. Yet that appears in the third book of his Institutes, not the first.

[John] Calvin's Institutes is often called a summary of Christian piety. You can't say that about many modern works of theology. You can say it of Calvin.

I think everyone who has an interest in Reformed theology, or just in Christian theology more generally, should read John Calvin Institutes.

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

[Calvinistic tradition] has fashioned and shaped my thinking since I was a teenager.

The best Reformed theology isn't just about careful arguments for theologically sophisticated conclusions. It is about how to live the Christian life.

The atonement chapter [from the book Saving Calvinism] shows how there are real riches in Reformed theology that most Christians today have no idea about.

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

Sometimes you just have to hold each other’s hands and walk through it all.

Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.

We are changed not by being told what we need to do for God, but by hearing the news about what God has done for us.

When I was a child I had something called Perthes' Disease which meant I was on crutches, so I was bullied at school and all that sort of stuff.

People buy products for what they can do, not for what they are.

Artfulness is not simple entertainment, especially during upheaval, unleashing creative life is sacred duty.

What drives me is to still feel creative and like I'm pushing myself as an artist.

The greatest gift you can give to somebody is your own personal development

When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour.

Of course, I continue to play and to practice. I think I would do so if I lived for another hundred years.