We must not think that religious concerns swamped all other social activities. They simply provided a focal point for them.
Alister E. McGrathHope is a settled state of mind, in which we see the world in its true light, and look forward to our final homecoming in heaven.
Alister E. McGrathOne of the best introductions to the history and ideas of Calvinism, packed with insight and wisdom.
Alister E. McGrathFor Calvin, the creation reflects its Creator at every point. Image after images flashed in front of our eyes, as Calvin attempts to convey the multiplicity of ways in which the creation witnesses to its Creator: it is like a visible garment, which the invisible God dons in order to make himself known; it is like a book in which the name on the Creator is written as its author; it is like a theater, in which the glory of God is publicly displayed; it is like a mirror, in which the works and wisdom of God are reflected.
Alister E. McGrathThe idea that Christianity is basically a religion of moral improvement... has its roots in the liberal Protestantism of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century... It is this stereotype which continues to have influence today... But then came the First World War... What had gone wrong was that the idea of sin had been abandoned by liberal Christianity as some kind of unnecessary hangover from an earlier and less enlightened period in Christian history.
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