In Puritan thinking, the Christian life was a heroic venture, requiring a full quota of energy.

The Puritans removed organs and paintings from churches, but bought them for private use in their homes.

For the Puritans, the God-centered life meant making the quest for spiritual and moral holiness the great business of life.

No group of people has been more unjustly maligned in the twentieth century than the Puritans. As a result, we approach the Puritans with an enormous baggage of culturally ingrained prejudice.

Since God is the one who calls people to their work, the worker becomes a steward who serves God.

Stressing the God-centered life can lead to an otherworldly withdrawal from everyday earthly life.

Puritanism was a youthful, vigorous movement.