Quotes from the Reformed & Calvinistic Crowd

[JM]

"Ideologues write about their utopias. Evangelists start with their neighbors." - Doug Wilson

 

[JM]

"The state is a bankrupt institution. The only alternative to this bankrupt 'humanistic' system is a God-centered government." - R.J. Rushdoony

 

[JM]

"People do not avoid the Bible because it is difficult to understand as much as because what they understand condemns their conscience and throws light on dark corners in their lives which they prefer to keep dark." - R.J. Rushdoony

 

[JesusFreak78]

"Instead of a river, God often gives us a brook, which may be running today and dried up tomorrow. Why? To teach us not to rest in our blessings, but in the blesser Himself." - Arthur W. Pink.

 

[JesusFreak78]

"Nothing in all the vast universe can come to pass otherwise than God has eternally purposed. Here is a foundation of faith. Here is a resting place for the intellect. Here is an anchor for the soul, both sure and steadfast. It is not blind fate, unbridled evil, man or Devil, but the Lord Almighty who is ruling the world, ruling it according to His own good pleasure and for His own eternal glory." -Arthur W. Pink.

 

[JM]

"The kingdom of God advances from triumph to triumph, each one cleverly disguised as defeat."
Herman Schlossberg

 

[JesusFreak78]

"If you neglect to instruct children in the way of holiness, will the devil neglect to instruct them in the way of wickedness? No; if you will not teach them to pray, he will to curse, swear, and lie; if ground be uncultivated, weeds will spring." -John Flavel.

 

[JesusFreak78]

"Sprinkling is Sprinkling, let it be done how you please, but it never was, nor never will be Baptizing." -Benjamin Keach.

 

[JM]

"The alternative to law is not grace; it is lawlessness. Grace and election move in terms of law and under law..." Rushdoony

 

[JesusFreak78]

The nature of Christ's salvation is woefully misrepresented by the present-day evangelist. He announces a Savior from Hell rather than a Savior from sin. And that is why so many are fatally deceived, for there are multitudes who wish to escape the Lake of fire who have no desire to be delivered from their carnality and worldliness. -Arthur W. Pink.

 

[JM]

The human mind has a natural inclination towards vanity and errors.
— John Calvin

 

[JesusFreak78]

No doctrine is more excellent, or necessary to be preached and studied, than Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. -John Flavel.

 

[JM]

I really dislike the self centered nature of Arminian theology. - JM

 

[JesusFreak78]

"You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary." -Jonathan Edwards.

 

[JM]

Humility is not stated but lived. If you think you're "being humble" you are lying to yourself and believing your own lies. - JM

 

[JesusFreak78]

"Nothing in all the vast universe can come to pass otherwise than God has eternally purposed. Here is a foundation of faith. Here is a resting place for the intellect. Here is an anchor for the soul, both sure and steadfast. It is not blind fate, unbridled evil, man or Devil, but the Lord Almighty who is ruling the world, ruling it according to His own good pleasure and for His own eternal glory." -Arthur W. Pink.

 

[JesusFreak78]

"The duties God requires of us are not in proportion to the strength we possess in ourselves. Rather, they are proportional to the resources available to us in Christ. We do not have the ability in ourselves to accomplish the least of God's tasks. This is the law of grace. When we recognize it is impossible for us to perform a duty in our own strength, we will discover the secret of its accomplishment." -John Owen.

 

[JesusFreak78]

"God is the highest good of the reasonable creature. The enjoyment of him is our proper; and is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Better than fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or the company of any, or all earthly friends. These are but shadows; but the enjoyment of God is the substance. These are but scattered beams; but God is the sun. These are but streams; but God is the fountain. These are but drops, but God is the ocean." -Jonathan Edwards.

 

[JesusFreak78]

"As the blood of Christ is the fountain of all merit, so the Spirit of Christ is the fountain of all spiritual life; and until he quicken us and infuse the principle of the divine life into our souls, we can put forth no hand, or vital act of faith, to lay hold upon Jesus Christ." -John Flavel.

 

[JM]