It was not nails that held Jesus to that wretched cross; it was his unqualified resolution, out of love for his Father, to do his Father’s will-and it was his love for sinners like me.
D. A. CARSONThe more we get to know God, the more we want to know him better.
More D. A. Carson Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Some forms of absolutism are not bad; they may even be heroic.
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A prayerless person is a disaster waiting to happen.
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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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We treat the Bible, not as if it’s a magic book that has to be handled like a piece of abracadabra, make sure it’s dusted, never put it on the floor, and things like that.
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Our prayers may be an index of how small and self-centered our world is.
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Damn all false dichotomies to hell
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