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Religion Quotes by D. A. Carson

40 Religion quotes by D. A. Carson

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A cross that shows both love and wrath reminds us that the Bible speaks in many tones. The quotes note that early writers inherited a doctrine rather than inventing it, and that studying the text can be lonely and tiring. They also point out that Scripture mixes statements, questions, and rhetoric.

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We do not drift into spiritual life or disciplined prayer. We will not grow in prayer unless we plan to pray.

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The way you lose the gospel is not by denying it, but by assuming it.

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There is no long-range effective teaching of the Bible that is not accompanied by long hours of ongoing study of the Bible.

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The New Testament writers did not invent a doctrine of Scripture they inherited it.

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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,…

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To assume the gospel in one generation is to lose it in the next.

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What the Bible says is what God has disclosed and we want to approach this sacred text with cognitive reverence.

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The Bible is not interested in precisionism unless the context indicates that precision is particularly important.

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The Gospel itself is angular. It always has been. It always conflicts. It always challenges every generation. It challenges different generations in…

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Some have argued that the Christian notion of Scripture is not epistemologically sustainable. It's not philosophically possible with rigor to uphold the…

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The truth of the matter is that inerrancy is simply a way of saying that there are no errors that call into…

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Not all Scripture is propositional, some of it is asking questions, some of it's rhetorical, but where Scripture is stating something, asserting…

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One cannot fail to observe a crushing irony: the gospel of relativistic tolerance is perhaps the most “evangelistic” movement in Western culture…

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Most good evangelical Study Bibles have more in common than people sometimes realize. All of them are committed to explaining the Bible…

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There needs to be a place in the church or just outside - there needs to be a place where people feel…

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When we suffer, there will sometimes be mystery. Will there also be faith? Yes, if our attention is focused more on the…

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The notion of the enduring authority focuses on the fact that some people think that notions like authority of Scripture's is passé,…

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To worship God 'in spirit and in truth' is first and foremost a way of saying that we must worship God by…

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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.]…

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When Christians speak of the authority of Scripture, because Christians believe that this word, even though it's mediated through many different human…

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Some Christians want enough of Christ to be identified with him but not enough to be seriously inconvenienced; they genuinely cling to…

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"Study Bible" is the expression used for Bibles that include significant explanatory notes, usually at the bottom of the page, sometimes in…

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In terms of applicability to today's world, many people are trying to domesticate Scripture so as to get the PC answer, the…

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It's not a matter of us standing outside it and ticking off the boxes: yes, the Bible is faithful here; yes, it's…

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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…

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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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When we suffer, there will sometimes be mystery... Will there also be faith?

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Do you wish to see God's love? Look at the cross. Do you wish to see God's wrath? Look at the cross.

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Some Christians want enough of Christ to be identified with him but not enough to be seriously inconvenienced.

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The Bible is endlessly interesting because it is God's story, and God by nature is himself endlessly interesting. The Bible is an…

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At the end of the day, in brief summary: inerrancy is interested in the truthfulness of Scripture and it is a powerful…

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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…

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It's better to emphasize biblical theology, partly because there are fine Study Bibles already available that lean into systematic theology, and partly…

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Study Bibles tend to circulate widely, so they play a disproportionate role in helping Christians and others understand holy Scripture. Further, many…

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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…

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It's not as if the New Testament writers came along and said, "The culmination of Old Testament books is more books, New…

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Ordinary Bibles often include cross-references and brief concordances; Study Bibles include much more, all bound up in one fat volume, so that…

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The New Testament writers I think conceive of their inspired Scripture writings as flushing out, bringing to articulation, expounding and so on…

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Christianity does not claim to convey merely religious truth, but truth about all reality. This vision of reality is radically different from…

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Much praying is not done because we do not plan to pray. We do not drift into spiritual life; we do not…

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Unchecked, the new tolerance will sooner or later put many people in chains.

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…

Others have questions about how it is that God and human beings can both be speaking through the one document such that you can…

The New Testament writers did not invent a doctrine of Scripture they inherited it.

The Bible is not interested in precisionism unless the context indicates that precision is particularly important.

Effectiveness in teaching the Bible is purchased at the price of much study, some of it lonely, all of it tiring.

Do you wish to see God's love? Look at the cross. Do you wish to see God's wrath? Look at the cross.

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…

Many of us in our praying are like nasty little boys who ring front door bells and run away before anyone answers.

Christians have learned that when there seems to be no other evidence of God's love, they cannot escape the cross.

Love the church because Jesus loves it.

"Biblical theology" refers to something more precise than theology that is faithful to the Bible. It might be helpful to draw a contrast: at…

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…

Most good evangelical Study Bibles have more in common than people sometimes realize. All of them are committed to explaining the Bible to lay…

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…