Now, don't get me wrong: I'm not rubbishing penal substitution. But there are other options that have been advocated by Reformed thinkers of the past.

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.

Arguments should always be held in private. Audiences inflate the ego.

There might just be a universal expectation to respect the dead, but my work is also born from another aspect of Thai society - that is, the overemphasis on familial bonds.

When you don't know that you don't know, it's a lot different than when you do know that you don't know.

But questions that don’t answer themselves at the very moment of their asking are never answered.

France is a very paternalistic society where people have to be introduced.

The reason "other churches" don't grow: "Jim, the truth is, I couldn't have a real prayer meeting in my church. I'd be embarrassed at the smallness of the crowd..."

Some of the best work done to combat the Republicans has been wit and humor.

We are here because we are determined to offer the people of the Western Cape choices which are long overdue.

Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now.

If you can't be good, be loud.