Reformed Theology Quotes

• 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 in the hearts of the Elect as to make them willing and pleased to come to Christ. They come to Christ because they want to. They want to because God has created in their hearts a desire for Christ.

  R. C. Sproul

  Heart, Desire, Doe

  R. C. Sproul (2005). “What is Reformed Theology?: Understanding the Basics”, p.159, Baker Books

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• This, then, is the foundation of sanctification in Reformed theology. It is rooted, not in humanity and their achievement of holiness or sanctification, but in what God has done in Christ, and for us in union with him. Rather than view Christians first and foremost in the microcosmic context of their own progress, the Reformed doctrine first of all sets them in the macrocosm of God's activity in redemptive history. It is seeing oneself in this context that enables the individual Christian to grow in true holiness.

  Sinclair B. Ferguson

  Christian, Views, Achievement

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• 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

  Christian, Thinking, Should

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• In Reformed theology, if God is not sovereign over the entire created order, then he is not sovereign at all. The term sovereignty too easily becomes a chimera. If God is not sovereign, then he is not God.

  R. C. Sproul

  Order, Sovereign, Chimera

  R. C. Sproul (2016). “What is Reformed Theology?: Understanding the Basics”, p.22, Baker Books

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• 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

  Christian, Argument, Sophisticated

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• Reformed theology so far transcends the mere five points of Calvinism that it is an entire worldview.

  R. C. Sproul

  Calvinism, Theology, Worldview

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

  Oliver D. Crisp

  Writing, Church, Today

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• 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.

  Oliver D. Crisp

  Christian, Real, Book

  Source: edwardsstudies.com

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