"There is a certain kind of maturity that……" — D. A. Carson
"There is a certain kind of maturity that can be attained only through the discipline of suffering."
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69 Quotes by D. A. Carson
D. A. Carson has 69 quotes on this site.
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The person who prays more in public than in private reveals that he is less interested in God's approval than…
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Some Christians want enough of Christ to be identified with him but not enough to be seriously inconvenienced; they genuinely…
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Hell is not filled with people who are deeply sorry for their sins. It is filled with people who for…
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How much would our churches be transformed if each of us made it a practice to thank God for others…
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You cannot find excellent corporate worship until you stop trying to find excellent corporate worship and pursue God himself.
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The truth of the matter is that all we have to do is live long enough and we will suffer.
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The more clearly we see sins horror, the more we shall treasure the cross.
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If it is hard to accept a rebuke, even a private one, it is harder still to administer one in…
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The important thing, Jesus is saying (in Matthew 5:33-37), is to tell the truth and keep one's pledges without insisting…
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Imagination is a God-given gift; but if it is fed dirt by the eye, it will be dirty. All sin,…
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Failure to believe stems from moral failure to recognize the truth, not from want of evidence, but from willful neglect…
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What binds us together is not common education, common race, common income levels, common politics, common nationality, common accents, common…
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For I have shown from the Scriptures, that no one of the sons of Adam is as to everything, and…
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