Humans Quote by D. A. Carson Download Open image “God is absolutely sovereign, but his sovereignty never mitigates human responsibility.” — D. A. Carson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Humans Responsibility Sovereign Sovereignty
“In the Bible, God's utter sovereignty does not diminish human responsibility; conversely, human beings are moral agents who choose, believe, obey, disbelieve, and disobey,… — D.A. Carson Copy Share Image
Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond His control.… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
To say that God's sovereignty is limited by man's freedom is to make man sovereign. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Divine sovereignty is not a substitute for human responsibility.” — Warren W. Wiersbe Copy Share Image
“Yes—God is sovereign. And in his sovereignty he created a world in which the choices of men and angels matter. Tremendously. He has granted… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
“If there is a single circumstance that can occur outside of God’s control, then God is not God, and He cannot be trusted. That’s… — Justin Buzzard Copy Share Image
In Reformed theology, if God is not sovereign over the entire created order, then he is not sovereign at all. The term sovereignty too… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“What kind of a concept of God do we have that we would say that God is paralyzed by human choices? If His freedom… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“Sovereignty, then, is best compared to a monarchy, and control is best compared to a dictatorship. God is sovereign like a king; not in… — Stephen D. Morrison Copy Share Image
The sovereignty of God is the one impregnable rock to which the suffering human heart must cling. The circumstances surrounding our lives are no… — Margaret Clarkson Copy Share Image
This is the essence of God's sovereignty; His absolute independence to do as He pleases and His absolute control over the actions of all… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Unchecked, the new tolerance will sooner or later put many people in chains. — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
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… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
Others have questions about how it is that God and human beings can both be speaking through the one document such that you can… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
The New Testament writers did not invent a doctrine of Scripture they inherited it. — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
The Bible is not interested in precisionism unless the context indicates that precision is particularly important. — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
Effectiveness in teaching the Bible is purchased at the price of much study, some of it lonely, all of it tiring. — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
Do you wish to see God's love? Look at the cross. Do you wish to see God's wrath? Look at the cross. — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
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… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
Many of us in our praying are like nasty little boys who ring front door bells and run away before anyone answers. — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
Christians have learned that when there seems to be no other evidence of God's love, they cannot escape the cross. — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
"Biblical theology" refers to something more precise than theology that is faithful to the Bible. It might be helpful to draw a contrast: at… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
Entertainment is a sacred pursuit when done well. When done well, it raises the quality of human life. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
It is said that history turns on small hinges. A human career, too, results from an accumulating series of decisions about large and small… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature... what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action. If you know these… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence. — Brian Herbert Copy Share Image
Humans are, as Sartre put it, 'condemned to be free'. To insist that science, or God, objectively defines moral values is to abandon our… — Kenan Malik Copy Share Image
Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated, people achieve… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
