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“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.”

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Oliver D. Crisp

Oliver D. Crisp is a distinguished author whose works have left a lasting impression on the literary world. Born in 1972, he has gained recognition for his distinctive writing style and engaging storytelling. more

“For instance, there are many mainstream Reformed theologians that deny the doctrine of "limited" atonement (the "L" in TULIP, the acrostic for the Five Points of Calvinism). These are not thinkers on the margins or troublemakers. They are leaders at the center of Reformed thinking like Bishop John Davenant.”

Thinking Leader Five Deny Doctrine Instance Thinker Mainstream Theologian Margins Bishops Atonement Calvinism Troublemaker

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“[John] Calvin is revered as a thinker of immense importance in Reformed thought, Jonathan Edwards could say in his preface to his treatise on Freedom of the Will that he had derived none of his views from the work of Calvin, though he was willing to be called a "Calvinist" for the sake of convention.”

Views Willing Importance Sake Thinker Conventions Immense

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“There is no such thing as a stationary tradition. Traditions are always developing, living things.”

Tradition Developing Living Things Stationary

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“We may think that our tradition is exactly the same as it has always been, but that is an illusion.”

Thinking May Illusion Tradition

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“In the twentieth century the Reformed tradition was developed in several ways including additional confessions (Barmen, the Belhar Confession, the 1967 Confession of the PC(USA), and so on). It was also significantly augmented by the work of important thinkers like Karl Barth, T. F. Torrance, Jürgen Moltmann, Emil Brunner, Kathryn Tanner, and so on.”

Way Important Century Tradition Including Usa Thinker Confession Twentieth Century Barmen

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“The Reformed tradition at the beginning of the twenty-first century is different as a consequence of this - and different in nontrivial ways. Some may scoff at this, saying that such "developments" don't represent Reformed thought. But by what standard? Perhaps by the Westminster Confession. But this is only one Reformed confession, and it was only ever a subordinate standard.”

Way Firsts May Different Century Development Standards Consequence Tradition Twenties Confession Subordinates Westminster

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“No confession is inerrant; Reformed Christians are supposed to be those who seek to be constantly reformed according to the Word of God - and that includes our confessions as well.”

Wells Christian Supposed To Be Word Of God Confession

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“The book [Saving Calvinism] itself is not recommending that we move the borders, so to speak. It is recommending that we look at what lies within the confessional bounds of Reformed thought.”

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