[ Jonathan] Edwards is one of my heroes. I've learned much from him over the years.

God shows us in Christ what he would have to do if he were to punish us for our sins.

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.

Christ's work is a kind of deterrent to us, and a way of upholding the justice of God's divine government of the world.

I recommend Doug Sweeney's recent book [Jonathan] Edwards the Exegete (Oxford University Press, 2015), which is a terrific treatment of the way in which Edwards was steeped in the Bible, so that it shaped the whole of his thinking.

[Calvinistic tradition] has fashioned and shaped my thinking since I was a teenager.

[John Calvin's] Humanist training makes him an excellent writer. What is more, he is as relevant today as he was 500 years ago.