Billions Quote by D. A. Carson

“A billion years or so into eternity, how many toys we accumulated during this life will not seem too terribly important.”

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

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

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Love the church because Jesus loves it.

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