“[ Jonathan] Edwards is one of my heroes. I've learned much from him over the years.” Quote by Oliver D. Crisp
“To my mind [ Jonathan Edwards] is an interesting figure because he is both a canonical Reformed thinker, and yet also someone that pushed the envelope in a number of key areas of theology.” MindInterestingNumbersFiguresKeysAreasTheologyThinkerEnvelopes Author:Oliver D. Crisp
“How many people in the pews know that [ Jonathan Edwards] is both a founder of evangelicalism and, say, an idealist who denied that the material world exists?” PeopleKnowsWorldMaterialsDeniedFoundersIdealistMaterial World Author:Oliver D. Crisp
“[ Jonathan] Edwards is the person who really made theological determinism a serious option for Reformed thinkers, and the influence his views had in nineteenth century Reformed thought, in the USA and the UK in particular, is enormous.” PersonsMadeViewsInfluenceCenturyParticularSeriousEnormousUsaThinkerTheologicalNineteenth CenturyDeterminism Author:Oliver D. Crisp
“We are still living with the consequences of that today in popular Reformed thinking from the likes of John Piper, R. C. Sproul, and Tim Keller.” ThinkingStillsTodayConsequenceLikesPipers Author:Oliver D. Crisp
“[Jonathan Edwards] he has to be engaged with on this issue if you're writing about Calvinism as I am in this book.” IfsWritingBookIssuesEngagedCalvinism Author:Oliver D. Crisp
“In the chapter on the nature of the atonement [in the book saving Calvinism] I argue that it is a mistake to think that penal substitution is the only option on the doctrine of atonement.” ThinkingBookMistakeArguingDoctrineSavingChaptersAtonementSubstitutionCalvinism Author:Oliver D. Crisp
“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.” Has BeensPastThinkerSubstitution Author:Oliver D. Crisp
“For instance, the notion of non-penal substitution. This idea, found in the work of the nineteenth century Scottish Reformed theologian John McLeod Campbell and based upon his reading of the letter to the Hebrews in particular, is that Christ offers up his life and death as a penitential act on our behalf, rather than as a punishment in our stead.” IdeasReadingFoundChristCenturyParticularOffersLettersNotionPunishmentInstanceLife And DeathBehalfTheologianNineteenth CenturyScottishHebrewSubstitution Author:Oliver D. Crisp
“Here is the interesting twist:[McLeod] Campbell came to his views through reading Jonathan Edwards who suggested at one point in his ruminations on the atonement that Christ could have offered up a perfect act of penitence instead of punishment, and that this would have been an acceptable offering suitable to remit our sinfulness.” Has BeensReadingChristPerfectInterestingViewsPunishmentAcceptableOfferingTwistsSuitableAtonementSinfulnessPenitenceRumination Author:Oliver D. Crisp
“There is the view I call penal non-substitution, or the penal example view. (It is also called the Governmental View in textbooks of theology.) This is often associated with Arminian theology stemming from the great Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius. However, the view was taken up by [Jonathan] Edwards's disciples in New England, who developed a Calvinistic strand of the doctrine.” ViewsTakenExampleEnglandTheologyDoctrineDiscipleTextbooksDutchStrandsNew EnglandSubstitutionJurists Author:Oliver D. Crisp