--- title: "13 Ifs Quotes By D. A. Carson" description: "13 Ifs quotes by D. A. Carson. Plus more from D. A. Carson and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4a/d-a-carson-4044_appropriate_if-the-text-is-god-s-word-it-is-appropri_1220854.png" --- > [If the text is God's Word, it is appropriate that we respond with reverence, a certain fear, a holy joy, a questing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/if-the-text-is-god-s-word-it-is-appropriate-that-we-respond-with/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4a/d-a-carson-4044_appropriate_if-the-text-is-god-s-word-it-is-appropri_1220854.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) > [If it is hard to accept a rebuke, even a private one, it is harder still to administer one in loving humility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/if-it-is-hard-to-accept-a-rebuke-even-a-private-one-it-is-harder/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/d-a-carson-4044_accepting_if-it-is-hard-to-accept-a-rebuke-even-a_924626.png) > [Despite the protestations, one sometimes wonders if we are beginning to worship, worship rather than worship God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/despite-the-protestations-one-sometimes-wonders-if-we-are-beginning/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/d-a-carson-4044_conceited_despite-the-protestations-one-sometimes_1290261.png) > [We treat the Bible, not as if it's a magic book that has to be handled like a piece of abracadabra, make…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/d-a-carson-4044_abracadabra_we-treat-the-bible-not-as-if-it-s-a-magi_239805.png) > [How much would our churches be transformed if each of us made it a practice to thank God for others and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/how-much-would-our-churches-be-transformed-if-each-of-us-made-it-a/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/881/d-a-carson-4044_christian_how-much-would-our-churches-be-transform_551510.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) > [Imagination is a God-given gift; but if it is fed dirt by the eye, it will be dirty. All sin, not least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/imagination-is-a-god-given-gift-but-if-it-is-fed-dirt-by-the-eye-it/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/d-a-carson-4044_dirt_imagination-is-a-god-given-gift-but-if-i_1555078.jpg) > [The important thing, Jesus is saying (in Matthew 5:33-37), is to tell the truth and keep one's pledges without insisting that a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/the-important-thing-jesus-is-saying-in-matthew-5-33-37-is-to-tell-the/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/d-a-carson-4044_binding_the-important-thing-jesus-is-saying-in-m_2752351.png) > [A wrong understanding is interested in precisionism. That is it tries to say that the Bible can't be telling the truth if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/a-wrong-understanding-is-interested-in-precisionism-that-is-it-tries/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/d-a-carson-4044_all-kinds_a-wrong-understanding-is-interested-in-p_3104969.png) > [It's not as if the New Testament writers came along and said, "The culmination of Old Testament books is more books, New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/it-s-not-as-if-the-new-testament-writers-came-along-and-said-the/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/021/d-a-carson-4044_book_it-s-not-as-if-the-new-testament-writers_2675872.png) > [When you are converted, you want to do what you didn't want to do before, and you don't want to do what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/when-you-are-converted-you-want-to-do-what-you-didn-t-want-to-do/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/d-a-carson-4044_asking_when-you-are-converted-you-want-to-do-wh_3162109.jpg) > [Some people say What's the use of the term if it has to be so fully documented and constrained and footnoted and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/some-people-say-what-s-the-use-of-the-term-if-it-has-to-be-so-fully/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/d-a-carson-4044_aliens_some-people-say-what-s-the-use-of-the-te_2982391.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/ifs/d-a-carson/#itemlist", "name": "13 Ifs Quotes By D. A. 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That is it tries to say that the Bible can't be telling the truth if it says that Jesus was such and such a distance from some place or other and in fact the distance is off by 15% or something like that. There are all kinds of grounded figures and so forth.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "D. A. Carson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/a-wrong-understanding-is-interested-in-precisionism-that-is-it-tries/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/d-a-carson-4044_all-kinds_a-wrong-understanding-is-interested-in-p_3104969.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/d-a-carson-4044_all-kinds_a-wrong-understanding-is-interested-in-p_3104969.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/d-a-carson-4044_all-kinds_a-wrong-understanding-is-interested-in-p_3104969.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A wrong understanding is interested in precisionism. 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