There is no long-range effective teaching of the Bible that is not accompanied by long hours of ongoing study of the Bible. — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
The New Testament writers did not invent a doctrine of Scripture they inherited it. — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
Effectiveness in teaching the Bible is purchased at the price of much study, some of it lonely, all of it tiring. — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
What the Bible says is what God has disclosed and we want to approach this sacred text with cognitive reverence. — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
The Bible is not interested in precisionism unless the context indicates that precision is particularly important. — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
Not all Scripture is propositional, some of it is asking questions, some of it's rhetorical, but where Scripture is stating something, asserting… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
Most good evangelical Study Bibles have more in common than people sometimes realize. All of them are committed to explaining the Bible… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
The Bible does not tell us that life in this world will be fair. Evil and sin are not Victorian gentlemen; they… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
We treat the Bible, not as if it's a magic book that has to be handled like a piece of abracadabra, make… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
The Bible is endlessly interesting because it is God's story, and God by nature is himself endlessly interesting. The Bible is an… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, in brief summary: inerrancy is interested in the truthfulness of Scripture and it is a powerful… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
No one believes more strongly than I do that every Christian should be a theologian. In that sense, we all need to… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
A weak understanding of what the Bible says about sin is tied to a weak understanding of what the Bible says is… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
It's not a matter of us standing outside it and ticking off the boxes: yes, the Bible is faithful here; yes, it's… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
In terms of applicability to today's world, many people are trying to domesticate Scripture so as to get the PC answer, the… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
"Study Bible" is the expression used for Bibles that include significant explanatory notes, usually at the bottom of the page, sometimes in… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
When Christians speak of the authority of Scripture, because Christians believe that this word, even though it's mediated through many different human… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
Make a mistake in the interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s plays, falsely scan a piece of Spenserian verse, and there is unlikely… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
We want to fan the flames of Christians for whom inerrancy and the authority of Scripture are not mere shibboleths, but part… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
The New Testament writers I think conceive of their inspired Scripture writings as flushing out, bringing to articulation, expounding and so on… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
It's better to emphasize biblical theology, partly because there are fine Study Bibles already available that lean into systematic theology, and partly… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
"Biblical theology" refers to something more precise than theology that is faithful to the Bible. It might be helpful to draw a… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
A wrong understanding is interested in precisionism. That is it tries to say that the Bible can't be telling the truth if… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
Study Bibles tend to circulate widely, so they play a disproportionate role in helping Christians and others understand holy Scripture. Further, many… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
For example, the Bible does say this is a proposition, "There is no God." But of course the context of Psalm 14:1… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
Unchecked, the new tolerance will sooner or later put many people in chains. — D. A. Carson Copy Share
God's wrath is not an implacable, blind rage. However emotional it may be, it is an entirely reasonable and willed response to offenses against… — D. A. Carson Copy Share
Others have questions about how it is that God and human beings can both be speaking through the one document such that you can… — D. A. Carson Copy Share
The New Testament writers did not invent a doctrine of Scripture they inherited it. — D. A. Carson Copy Share
The Bible is not interested in precisionism unless the context indicates that precision is particularly important. — D. A. Carson Copy Share
Effectiveness in teaching the Bible is purchased at the price of much study, some of it lonely, all of it tiring. — D. A. Carson Copy Share
Do you wish to see God's love? Look at the cross. Do you wish to see God's wrath? Look at the cross. — D. A. Carson Copy Share
The notion of the enduring authority focuses on the fact that some people think that notions like authority of Scripture's is passé, while others… — D. A. Carson Copy Share
Many of us in our praying are like nasty little boys who ring front door bells and run away before anyone answers. — D. A. Carson Copy Share
Christians have learned that when there seems to be no other evidence of God's love, they cannot escape the cross. — D. A. Carson Copy Share
"Biblical theology" refers to something more precise than theology that is faithful to the Bible. It might be helpful to draw a contrast: at… — D. A. Carson Copy Share
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… — D. A. Carson Copy Share
Most good evangelical Study Bibles have more in common than people sometimes realize. All of them are committed to explaining the Bible to lay… — D. A. Carson Copy Share
Not all Scripture is propositional, some of it is asking questions, some of it's rhetorical, but where Scripture is stating something, asserting something, making… — D. A. Carson Copy Share
