That God normally operates the universe consistently makes science possible; that he does not always do so ought to keep science humble.
D. A. CARSONThe more we get to know God, the more we want to know him better.
More D. A. Carson Quotes
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If the text is God’s Word, it is appropriate that we respond with reverence, a certain fear, a holy joy, a questing obedience.
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What the Bible says is what God has disclosed and we want to approach this sacred text with cognitive reverence.
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A text without a context is a pretext for a proof text.
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Sex is about timing. The world says: any time, any place. God says: my time, my place.
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It’s not as if the New Testament writers came along and said, “The culmination of Old Testament books is more books, New Testament books.”
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God’s wrath is not an implacable, blind rage. However emotional it may be, it is an entirely reasonable and willed response to offenses against his holiness. But his love . . . wells up amidst his perfections and is not generated by the loveliness of the loved.
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Many of us in our praying are like nasty little boys who ring front door bells and run away before anyone answers.
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There is no long-range effective teaching of the Bible that is not accompanied by long hours of ongoing study of the Bible.
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In every generation there are voices that question the authority of Scripture. So in one sense this is merely part of the continuing stream. But there’s a sense in which the questions that are raised against Scripture vary a wee bit from generation to generation.
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We are dealing with God’s thoughts: we are obligated to take the greatest pains to understand them truly and to explain them clearly.
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Jesus is hungry but feeds others; He grows weary but offers others rest; He is the King Messiah but pays tribute; He is called the devil but casts out demons; He dies the death of a sinner but comes to save His people from their sins;
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Systematic theology will ask questions like “What are the attributes of God? What is sin? What does the cross achieve?” Biblical theology tends to ask questions such as “What is the theology of the prophecy of Isaiah? What do we learn from John’s Gospel?
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A prayerless person is a disaster waiting to happen.
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I suspect that relatively few people will sit down and read 1250 pages [ of The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures.] all the way through from cover to cover.
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Some Christians want enough of Christ to be identified with him but not enough to be seriously inconvenienced.
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