D. A. Carson
D. A. Carson
Donald Arthur Carsonis a Canadian-born, Reformed Evangelical theologian and professor of the New Testament...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth21 December 1946
CountryCanada
humble doe ought
That God normally operates the universe consistently makes science possible; that he does not always do so ought to keep science humble.
way anxious prayerful
The way to be anxious about nothing is to be prayerful about everything.
wrath wish looks
Do you wish to see God's love? Look at the cross. Do you wish to see God's wrath? Look at the cross.
There is no sense in which Mohammed is viewed as a writer.
years important toys
A billion years or so into eternity, how many toys we accumulated during this life will not seem too terribly important.
lonely teaching effectiveness
Effectiveness in teaching the Bible is purchased at the price of much study, some of it lonely, all of it tiring.
joy holy obedience
If the text is God's Word, it is appropriate that we respond with reverence, a certain fear, a holy joy, a questing obedience.
thinking faithful telling-the-truth
It's not a matter of us standing outside it and ticking off the boxes: yes, the Bible is faithful here; yes, it's telling the truth there, and so on, but rather granted that it's God-given. It's the frame of reference that shows us how to live in, tells us how to think about everything.
prayer worry
Either worrying drives out prayer, or prayer drives out worrying.
christian sorry people
Hell is not filled with people who are deeply sorry for their sins. It is filled with people who for all eternity still shake their puny fist in the face of God Almighty.
ask church needs outside people
There needs to be a place in the church or just outside - there needs to be a place where people feel free to ask questions without being put upon, where they feel free to ask difficult, challenging questions to voice their skepticism.
god wrestle
God is a talking God, and thus you must come to wrestle with him. You must wrestle with what he said.
address hunger land next
I do think that there is a hunger in the land for a vision of confessional Christianity that is robust, God-centered, tough-minded, able to address today and tomorrow and the next day, and comprehensive.