"Yet woe to those who are silent about you because, though loquacious with verbosity, they have nothing to say.” —St. Augustine, Confessions 1.4
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Calvin on Spirit and Word /
"Hence we infer that this is a most valuable treasure of the Church, that he has chosen for himself a habitation in it, to dwell in the hearts of believers by his Spirit, and next to preserve among them the doctrine of his gospel." - Calvin
Read MoreDort on Gospel Threats /
"God preserves, continues, and completes this work by the hearing and reading of the gospel, by meditation on it, by its exhortations, threats, and promises." - Canons of Dort
Read MoreWalter Marshall on Faith in Christ /
"Therefore, though we receive a perfect Christ by faith, yet the measure and degree of enjoying him is imperfect; and we hope still, so long as we are in this world, to enjoy him in a higher degree of perfection than we have done." - Walter Marshall
Read MoreBavinck on The Image of God and Creation /
"The image of God is much too rich for it to be fully realized in a single human being, however richly gifted that human being may be." - Bavinck
Read MorePredestination Not An All-Encompassing Principle /
"God's predestinating or determining will is an important element in the Reformed system, but it is not an all-encompassing principle." - Willem J. van Asselt
Read MoreCalvin on Science and Sight /
"He does not call us up into heaven, he only proposes things which lie open before our eyes." - John Calvin
Read MoreCalvin on Baptism in 1 Peter 3:21 /
We then cannot otherwise derive benefit from baptism, than by having all our thoughts fixed on the death and the resurrection of Christ.
Read MoreUrisnus on Fruits and True Faith /
"Fruits distinguish true faith from that faith which is merely historical and temporary" — Zacharias Ursinus
Read MoreJohn Calvin on Our Invincible Weapons /
"We are really and effectually supplied with invincible weapons to subdue the flesh, if we partake as we ought of the efficacy of Christ’s death." - John Calvin
Read MoreOur Created Nature: Above All We Are Religious /
Our Created Nature: embodied, rational, voluntary, emotional, social, communicative, and above all, religious.
Read MoreCalvin on Love, Righteousness, and Merit /
Love assuredly is the chief commandment in the Law, and since the Spirit of God trains us to love, it cannot but be a cause of righteousness in us, though that righteousness even in the saints is defective, and therefore of no value as a ground of merit.
Read MoreCalvin on God's Faithfulness /
"Let God be true, and every man a liar." - Romans 3:4
Read MoreCalvin on Justification in the Epistle of James /
"James will not allow any to be regarded as justified who are destitute of good works." - John Calvin
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