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“Only a misunderstanding of Calvin’s theology could prompt the question Why pray if God is sovereign? The Reformer himself might turn the question back on us: Why pray if God isn’t sovereign?”
― Michael S. Horton, Calvin on the Christian Life: Glorifying and Enjoying God Forever

“If a person professes faith in Christ and yet falls away or makes no progress in godliness, it does not mean that he has lost his salvation. It reveals that he was never truly converted.”
― Paul Washer, The Gospel's Power & Message

“It is the theology of the cross over against theologies of glory that drives Calvin’s reforming zeal.”
― Michael S. Horton, Calvin on the Christian Life: Glorifying and Enjoying God Forever

“Jerome does not condemn singing absolutely, but he corrects those who sing theatrically, or who sing not in order to arouse devotion but to show off or to provoke pleasure. Hence Augustine says, When it happens that I am more moved by the voice than the words sung, I confess to have sinned, and then I would rather not hear the singer. Arousing men to devotion through preaching and teaching”
― Michael S. Horton, Calvin on the Christian Life: Glorifying and Enjoying God Forever