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.”
D. A. CARSONMany of us in our praying are like nasty little boys who ring front door bells and run away before anyone answers.
More D. A. Carson Quotes
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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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A prayerless person is a disaster waiting to happen.
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Effectiveness in teaching the Bible is purchased at the price of much study, some of it lonely, all of it tiring.
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Most good evangelical Study Bibles have more in common than people sometimes realize. All of them are committed to explaining the Bible to lay readers.
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The kingdom of heaven is worth infinitely more than the cost of discipleship, and those who know where the treasure lies joyfully abandon everything else to secure it.
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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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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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Study Bibles tend to circulate widely, so they play a disproportionate role in helping Christians and others understand holy Scripture.
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If you want to see what judgment looks like, go to the cross. If you want to see what love looks like, go to the cross.
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To know God is to be transformed, and thus to be introduced to a life that could not otherwise be experienced.
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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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What the Bible says is what God has disclosed and we want to approach this sacred text with cognitive reverence.
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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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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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