Jon Balserak > Quotes

“The problem with all of these questions is that there is no definitive rationale that can be used for answering them. The moment someone tries to lay down a rationale, they simply become part of the process of diversification of the Reformed tradition that has been going on for centuries.”
― Jon Balserak, Calvinism: A Very Short Introduction

“Divine accommodation refers to God stooping down (so to speak) to communicate with human beings in ways that they can understand, like a mother cooing to her baby.”
― Jon Balserak, Calvinism: A Very Short Introduction

“My thesis is that theological retrieval would perhaps have even more integrity if it were paired with what we might call theological repudiation when the nature of the case requires it.”
― Jon Balserak, Crafting the Reformed Tradition: Studies in Honor of Donald K. McKim—Churchman and Scholar

“Calvinists have traditionally believed the theological foundations laid during the patristic era (roughly 100 to 600) to be of unparalleled significance and Augustine to be the pre-eminent interpreter of Christian theology from that era. His stress on the greatness and incomprehensibility of God, the sinfulness of humankind, and the sovereignty of divine grace was eagerly embraced by the Reformed tradition.”
― Jon Balserak, Calvinism: A Very Short Introduction