--- title: "12 Want Quotes By D. A. Carson" description: "12 Want quotes by D. A. Carson. Plus more from D. A. Carson and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c35/d-a-carson-4044_cross_if-you-want-to-see-what-judgment-looks-l_2942494.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) > [The more we get to know God, the more we want to know him better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/the-more-we-get-to-know-god-the-more-we-want-to-know-him-better/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba6/d-a-carson-4044_better_the-more-we-get-to-know-god-the-more-we_1065002.png) > [Some Christians want enough of Christ to be identified with him but not enough to be seriously inconvenienced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/some-christians-want-enough-of-christ-to-be-identified-with-him-but-2/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/d-a-carson-4044_christ_some-christians-want-enough-of-christ-to_3113995.png) > [What the Bible says is what God has disclosed and we want to approach this sacred text with cognitive reverence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/what-the-bible-says-is-what-god-has-disclosed-and-we-want-to-approach/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af8/d-a-carson-4044_approach_what-the-bible-says-is-what-god-has-disc_1528238.png) > [Failure to believe stems from moral failure to recognize the truth, not from want of evidence, but from willful neglect or distortion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/failure-to-believe-stems-from-moral-failure-to-recognize-the-truth/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/d-a-carson-4044_believe_failure-to-believe-stems-from-moral-fail_2492316.png) > [No one believes more strongly than I do that every Christian should be a theologian. In that sense, we all need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/no-one-believes-more-strongly-than-i-do-that-every-christian-should/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/d-a-carson-4044_believes_no-one-believes-more-strongly-than-i-do_1285669.png) > [In terms of applicability to today's world, many people are trying to domesticate Scripture so as to get the PC answer, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/in-terms-of-applicability-to-today-s-world-many-people-are-trying-to/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b5/d-a-carson-4044_answers_in-terms-of-applicability-to-today-s-wor_412277.jpg) > [The notion of the enduring authority focuses on the fact that some people think that notions like authority of Scripture's is passé,…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/d-a-carson-4044_authority_the-notion-of-the-enduring-authority-foc_181448.jpg) > [Some Christians want enough of Christ to be identified with him but not enough to be seriously inconvenienced; they genuinely cling to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/some-christians-want-enough-of-christ-to-be-identified-with-him-but/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13f/d-a-carson-4044_bible-study_some-christians-want-enough-of-christ-to_441463.jpg) > [Christianity does not claim to convey merely religious truth, but truth about all reality. This vision of reality is radically different from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/christianity-does-not-claim-to-convey-merely-religious-truth-but/) [D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/d-a-carson-4044_christianity_christianity-does-not-claim-to-convey-me_926036.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) > [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) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/d-a-carson/#itemlist", "name": "12 Want Quotes By D. A. Carson", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you want to see what judgment looks like, go to the cross. If you want to see what love looks like, go to the cross.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "D. A. 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