Oliver D. Crisp Quotes About Church

Quotes about: Church

• 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 or tradition, which is shaped in important respects by particular thinkers and their work, particular arguments and ideas, a particular community (especially, particular church communities, denominations, and so on), particular liturgies or ways of worshipping and living out the Christian life, and particular confessions that inform the practices of these communities.

  Oliver D. Crisp

  Christian, Practice, Names

  Source: edwardsstudies.com

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

  Oliver D. Crisp

  Writing, Church, Today

  Source: edwardsstudies.com

• That is the great contribution of Reformed thinking to the Christian church: theology for a life well-lived.

  Oliver D. Crisp

  Christian, Thinking, Church

  Source: edwardsstudies.com

• For those interested in Reformed thought more broadly, I'd recommend Peter Leithart's recent book on Reformed Catholicism entitled, The End of Protestantism: Pursuing Unity in a Fragmented Church (Brazos Press, 2016), as a thought-provoking and stimulating read that should get us all thinking about the future shape of the Church, wherever we come from.

  Oliver D. Crisp

  Book, Thinking, Thought Provoking

  Source: edwardsstudies.com

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