--- title: "13 Crosses Quotes By D. A. Carson" description: "13 Crosses quotes by D. A. Carson. Plus more from D. A. Carson and more Crosses sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/d-a-carson-4044_bible_a-weak-understanding-of-what-the-bible-s_1054269.png" --- > [A weak understanding of what the Bible says about sin is tied to a weak understanding of what the Bible says is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/a-weak-understanding-of-what-the-bible-says-about-sin-is-tied-to-a/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/d-a-carson-4044_bible_a-weak-understanding-of-what-the-bible-s_1054269.png) > [Do you wish to see God's love? Look at the cross. Do you wish to see God's wrath? Look at the cross.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/do-you-wish-to-see-god-s-love-look-at-the-cross-do-you-wish-to-see/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce7/d-a-carson-4044_cross_do-you-wish-to-see-god-s-love-look-at-th_165165.png) > [Christians have learned that when there seems to be no other evidence of God's love, they cannot escape the cross.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/christians-have-learned-that-when-there-seems-to-be-no-other-evidence/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/d-a-carson-4044_christian_christians-have-learned-that-when-there_220309.png) > [The more clearly we see sins horror, the more we shall treasure the cross.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/the-more-clearly-we-see-sins-horror-the-more-we-shall-treasure-the/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/d-a-carson-4044_cross_the-more-clearly-we-see-sins-horror-the_2810968.png) > [The place where God has supremely destroyed all human arrogance and pretension is the cross.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/the-place-where-god-has-supremely-destroyed-all-human-arrogance-and/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/d-a-carson-4044_arrogance_the-place-where-god-has-supremely-destro_400563.png) > [If you want to see what judgment looks like, go to the cross. If you want to see what love looks like,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/if-you-want-to-see-what-judgment-looks-like-go-to-the-cross-if-you/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c35/d-a-carson-4044_cross_if-you-want-to-see-what-judgment-looks-l_2942494.png) > [Ordinary Bibles often include cross-references and brief concordances; Study Bibles include much more, all bound up in one fat volume, so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/ordinary-bibles-often-include-cross-references-and-brief-concordances/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/d-a-carson-4044_bibles_ordinary-bibles-often-include-cross-refe_2325941.png) > [When we suffer, there will sometimes be mystery. Will there also be faith? Yes, if our attention is focused more on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/when-we-suffer-there-will-sometimes-be-mystery-will-there-also-be/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/d-a-carson-4044_attention_when-we-suffer-there-will-sometimes-be-m_1395357.png) > [It was not nails that held Jesus to that wretched cross; it was his unqualified resolution, out of love for his Father,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/it-was-not-nails-that-held-jesus-to-that-wretched-cross-it-was-his/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11f/d-a-carson-4044_crosses_it-was-not-nails-that-held-jesus-to-that_1135947.png) > [Both God's love and God's wrath are ratcheted up in the move from the old covenant to the new, from the Old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/both-god-s-love-and-god-s-wrath-are-ratcheted-up-in-the-move-from-the/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/492/d-a-carson-4044_barrels_both-god-s-love-and-god-s-wrath-are-ratc_2787364.png) > [We want to fan the flames of Christians for whom inerrancy and the authority of Scripture are not mere shibboleths, but part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/we-want-to-fan-the-flames-of-christians-for-whom-inerrancy-and-the/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/d-a-carson-4044_authority_we-want-to-fan-the-flames-of-christians_1623097.jpg) > [To worship God 'in spirit and in truth' is first and foremost a way of saying that we must worship God by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/to-worship-god-in-spirit-and-in-truth-is-first-and-foremost-a-way-of/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/615/d-a-carson-4044_christ_to-worship-god-in-spirit-and-in-truth-is_1095329.png) > [Systematic theology will ask questions like "What are the attributes of God? What is sin? What does the cross achieve?" Biblical theology…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/systematic-theology-will-ask-questions-like-what-are-the-attributes/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/667/d-a-carson-4044_achieve_systematic-theology-will-ask-questions-l_1064335.jpg) ## Other authors on Crosses ## More by D. A. Carson > [Unchecked, the new tolerance will sooner or later put many people in chains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/unchecked-the-new-tolerance-will-sooner-or-later-put-many-people-in/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/god-s-wrath-is-not-an-implacable-blind-rage-however-emotional-it-may/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) > [Others have questions about how it is that God and human beings can both be speaking through the one document such that you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/others-have-questions-about-how-it-is-that-god-and-human-beings-can/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) > [The New Testament writers did not invent a doctrine of Scripture they inherited it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/the-new-testament-writers-did-not-invent-a-doctrine-of-scripture-they/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) > [The Bible is not interested in precisionism unless the context indicates that precision is particularly important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/the-bible-is-not-interested-in-precisionism-unless-the-context/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) > [Effectiveness in teaching the Bible is purchased at the price of much study, some of it lonely, all of it tiring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/effectiveness-in-teaching-the-bible-is-purchased-at-the-price-of-much/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) > [Do you wish to see God's love? Look at the cross. Do you wish to see God's wrath? Look at the cross.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/do-you-wish-to-see-god-s-love-look-at-the-cross-do-you-wish-to-see/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/the-notion-of-the-enduring-authority-focuses-on-the-fact-that-some/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) > [Many of us in our praying are like nasty little boys who ring front door bells and run away before anyone answers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/many-of-us-in-our-praying-are-like-nasty-little-boys-who-ring-front/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) > [Christians have learned that when there seems to be no other evidence of God's love, they cannot escape the cross.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/christians-have-learned-that-when-there-seems-to-be-no-other-evidence/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) > [Love the church because Jesus loves it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/love-the-church-because-jesus-loves-it/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) > ["Biblical theology" refers to something more precise than theology that is faithful to the Bible. It might be helpful to draw a contrast: at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/biblical-theology-refers-to-something-more-precise-than-theology-that/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/we-treat-the-bible-not-as-if-it-s-a-magic-book-that-has-to-be-handled/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) > [Most good evangelical Study Bibles have more in common than people sometimes realize. All of them are committed to explaining the Bible to lay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/most-good-evangelical-study-bibles-have-more-in-common-than-people/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/not-all-scripture-is-propositional-some-of-it-is-asking-questions/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crosses/d-a-carson/#itemlist", "name": "13 Crosses Quotes By D. A. 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