Failure to believe stems from moral failure to recognize the truth, not from want of evidence, but from willful neglect or distortion of the evidence.
D. A. CARSONTo worship God ‘in spirit and in truth’ is first and foremost a way of saying that we must worship God by means of Christ. In him the reality has dawned and the shadows are being swept away (Hebrews 8:13).
More D. A. Carson Quotes
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That God normally operates the universe consistently makes science possible; that he does not always do so ought to keep science humble.
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A billion years or so into eternity, how many toys we accumulated during this life will not seem too terribly important.
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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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Some forms of absolutism are not bad; they may even be heroic.
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Good praying is more easily caught than taught.
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The Bible does not tell us that life in this world will be fair. Evil and sin are not Victorian gentlemen; they do not play fair.
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There may be some, but not everybody. But there are many, many, many different Christian, theological, pastoral, specialisms that are covered by one section or another of the book and this will become, therefore, a resource volume for many people.
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Christian worship is new covenant worship; it is gospel-inspired worship; it is Christ-centered worship; it is cross-focused worship.
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He is sold for thirty pieces of silver but gives His life a ransom for many; He will not turn stones to bread for Himself but gives His own body as bread for people.
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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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Justice is not always done in this world; we see that everyday. But on the Last Day it will be done for all to see. And no one will be able to complain by saying, “This isn’t fair.”
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There is a certain kind of maturity that can be attained only through the discipline of suffering.
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Effective prayer is the fruit of a relationship with God, not a technique for acquiring blessings.
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The cliché, God hates the sin but love the sinner, is false on the face of it and should be abandoned. Fourteen times in the first fifty Psalms alone.
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The person who prays more in public than in private reveals that he is less interested in God’s approval than in human praise. Not piety but a reputation for piety is his concern.
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