When Christians speak of the authority of Scripture, because Christians believe that this word, even though it’s mediated through many different human authors.
D. A. CARSONA 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.
More D. A. Carson Quotes
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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.
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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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Some people say What’s the use of the term if it has to be so fully documented and constrained and footnoted and all the rest.
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God is absolutely sovereign, but his sovereignty never mitigates human responsibility.
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When you are converted, you want to do what you didn’t want to do before, and you don’t want to do what you wanted to do before.
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God in his infinite wisdom chose to give us his Word in the 66 canonical books, with all of their variations in theme, emphasis, vocabulary, literary form, and distinctive contributions across time.
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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 billion years or so into eternity, how many toys we accumulated during this life will not seem too terribly important.
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Draw nigh to God, so that you may dread the grave as little as your bed. Draw nigh to God, that you may live a happy and useful life.
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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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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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What binds us together is not common education, common race, common income levels, common politics, common nationality, common accents, common jobs, or anything else of that sort.
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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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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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For the far higher task of teaching fortitude and patience I was never fool enough to suppose myself qualified, nor have I anything to offer my readers except my conviction that when pain is to be borne.
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