God’s love in John 3:16 is not amazing because the world is so big, but because the world is so bad.
D. A. CARSONTrue freedom is not the liberty to do anything we please, but the liberty to do what we ought; and it is genuine liberty because doing what we ought now pleases us
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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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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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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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God is absolutely sovereign, but his sovereignty never mitigates human responsibility.
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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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Good praying is more easily caught than taught.
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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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When we suffer, there will sometimes be mystery… Will there also be faith?
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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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Study Bibles tend to circulate widely, so they play a disproportionate role in helping Christians and others understand holy Scripture.
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It’s just that the group has accepted that document as authoritative for their group. And some documents are truthful and reliable but they are ignored, so they have no authority for that particular group.
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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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To God on whom we rely knows what suffering is all about- not merely in the way that God knows everything, but by experience.
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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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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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