To God on whom we rely knows what suffering is all about- not merely in the way that God knows everything, but by experience.
D. A. CARSONWhen we suffer, there will sometimes be mystery… Will there also be faith?
More D. A. Carson Quotes
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Damn all false dichotomies to hell
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The more we get to know God, the more we want to know him better.
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There may be some, but not everybody. But there are many, many, many different Christian, theological, pastoral, specialisms that are covered by one section or another of the book and this will become, therefore, a resource volume for many people.
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Often a Study Bible will also include some brief articles, photographs of geographical and archaeological sites, fairly extensive maps, and charts that summarize a lot of information.
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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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Effective prayer is the fruit of a relationship with God, not a technique for acquiring blessings.
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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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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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Love the church because Jesus loves it.
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Both God’s love and God’s wrath are ratcheted up in the move from the old covenant to the new, from the Old Testament to the New. These themes barrel along through redemptive history, unresolved, until they come to a resounding climax – in the cross.
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Christians come together because they have all been loved by Jesus himself. They are a band of natural enemies who love one another for Jesus’ sake.
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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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There is a certain kind of maturity that can be attained only through the discipline of suffering.
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A prayerless person is a disaster waiting to happen.
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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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