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  • D. A. Carson Quote - Make a mistake in the interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s plays, falsely scan a piece of Spenserian verse, and there is unlikely to be an entailment of eternal consequence; but we cannot lightly accept a similar laxity in the interpretation of Scripture.
  • D. A. Carson Quote - Make a mistake in the interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s plays, falsely scan a piece of Spenserian verse, and there is unlikely to be an entailment of eternal consequence; but we cannot lightly accept a similar laxity in the interpretation of Scripture.
  • D. A. Carson Quote - Make a mistake in the interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s plays, falsely scan a piece of Spenserian verse, and there is unlikely to be an entailment of eternal consequence; but we cannot lightly accept a similar laxity in the interpretation of Scripture.
  • D. A. Carson Quote - Make a mistake in the interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s plays, falsely scan a piece of Spenserian verse, and there is unlikely to be an entailment of eternal consequence; but we cannot lightly accept a similar laxity in the interpretation of Scripture.
  • D. A. Carson Quote - Make a mistake in the interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s plays, falsely scan a piece of Spenserian verse, and there is unlikely to be an entailment of eternal consequence; but we cannot lightly accept a similar laxity in the interpretation of Scripture.
  • D. A. Carson Quote - Make a mistake in the interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s plays, falsely scan a piece of Spenserian verse, and there is unlikely to be an entailment of eternal consequence; but we cannot lightly accept a similar laxity in the interpretation of Scripture.
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Make a mistake in the interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s plays, falsely scan a piece of Spenserian verse, and there is unlikely to be an entailment of eternal consequence; but we cannot lightly accept a similar laxity in the interpretation of Scripture.

D. A. Carson

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram D. A. Carson Quote - God has disclosed of himself in human words with such magnificent self accommodation to our limitations. Precisely so that we may be his holy people and reverence everything that he says, cherish it, value it, and thus live it out.

    God has disclosed of himself in human words with such magnificent self accommodation to our limitations. Precisely so that we may be his holy people and reverence everything that he says, cherish it, value it, and thus live it out.

    D. A. CARSON
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram D. A. Carson Quote - A little courage helps more than much knowledge, a little human sympathy more than much courage, and the least tincture of the love of God more than all.

    A little courage helps more than much knowledge, a little human sympathy more than much courage, and the least tincture of the love of God more than all.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram D. A. Carson Quote - They revere Scripture, not because Scripture becomes an idol, but because it discloses God who is especially come after us in salvation and redemption through the person of his son, his cross, his resurrection, the full sweep of the gospel. Download This Image

    They revere Scripture, not because Scripture becomes an idol, but because it discloses God who is especially come after us in salvation and redemption through the person of his son, his cross, his resurrection, the full sweep of the gospel.

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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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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram D. A. Carson Quote - 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. Download This Image

    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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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram D. A. Carson Quote - We are told that God hates the sinner, His wrath is on the liar, and so forth. In the Bible, the wrath of God rests both on the sin (Romans 1:18ff) and on the sinner (John 3:36).

    We are told that God hates the sinner, His wrath is on the liar, and so forth. In the Bible, the wrath of God rests both on the sin (Romans 1:18ff) and on the sinner (John 3:36).

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram D. A. Carson Quote - To 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).

    To 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).

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram D. A. Carson Quote - How can that be? This is quite a contrast with Islam, for example, which holds that the Koran has been dictated in Arabic by God and as a result Mohammed is nothing more than the one who memorizes the word so as to pass it on. There is nothing of human contribution.

    How can that be? This is quite a contrast with Islam, for example, which holds that the Koran has been dictated in Arabic by God and as a result Mohammed is nothing more than the one who memorizes the word so as to pass it on. There is nothing of human contribution.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram D. A. Carson Quote - Love the church because Jesus loves it.

    Love the church because Jesus loves it.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram D. A. Carson Quote - If the text is God’s Word, it is appropriate that we respond with reverence, a certain fear, a holy joy, a questing obedience.

    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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    Make a mistake in the interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s plays, falsely scan a piece of Spenserian verse, and there is unlikely to be an entailment of eternal consequence; but we cannot lightly accept a similar laxity in the interpretation of Scripture.

    D. A. CARSON
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    The more we get to know God, the more we want to know him better.

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    God’s love in John 3:16 is not amazing because the world is so big, but because the world is so bad.

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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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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram D. A. Carson Quote - 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.”

    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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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram D. A. Carson Quote - We want to fan the flames of Christians for whom inerrancy and the authority of Scripture are not mere shibboleths, but part of her life beat, part of the beating heart of what makes them tick.

    We want to fan the flames of Christians for whom inerrancy and the authority of Scripture are not mere shibboleths, but part of her life beat, part of the beating heart of what makes them tick.

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