Here is the interesting twist:[McLeod] Campbell came to his views through reading Jonathan Edwards who suggested at one point in his ruminations on the atonement that Christ could have offered up a perfect act of penitence instead of punishment, and that this would have been an acceptable offering suitable to remit our sinfulness.

Reading [John] Calvin is a breath of fresh air.

For those who have only ever read about [John] Calvin, reading the man himself is an invigorating experience.

[ Jonathan] Edwards is the person who really made theological determinism a serious option for Reformed thinkers, and the influence his views had in nineteenth century Reformed thought, in the USA and the UK in particular, is enormous.

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.

One of the things we in the Reformed tradition are very good at is writing doctrinal theology!

[Jonathan Edwards] he has to be engaged with on this issue if you're writing about Calvinism as I am in this book.