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
suffering way god-knows
To God on whom we rely knows what suffering is all about- not merely in the way that God knows everything, but by experience.
world bigs gods-love
God's love in John 3:16 is not amazing because the world is so big, but because the world is so bad.
want knowing-god knows
The more we get to know God, the more we want to know him better.
loving-god knowing-god knows
To know God is to be transformed, and thus to be introduced to a life that could not otherwise be experienced.
christian evidence-of-god crosses
Christians have learned that when there seems to be no other evidence of God's love, they cannot escape the cross.
creator-god honor moral
Worship is the proper response of all moral, sentient beings to God, ascribing all honor and worth to their Creator-God precisely because he is worthy, delightfully so.
god wrestle
God is a talking God, and thus you must come to wrestle with him. You must wrestle with what he said.
scripture new-testament
The New Testament writers did not invent a doctrine of Scripture they inherited it.
jesus father nails
It was not nails that held Jesus to that wretched cross; it was his unqualified resolution, out of love for his Father, to do his Father's will-and it was his love for sinners like me.
spiritual prayer praying
We do not drift into spiritual life or disciplined prayer. We will not grow in prayer unless we plan to pray.
christian practice church
How much would our churches be transformed if each of us made it a practice to thank God for others and then to tell those others what it is about them that we thank God for?
mean opinion lost
We are lost when human opinion means more to us than God’s.
people trying scripture
In terms of applicability to today's world, many people are trying to domesticate Scripture so as to get the PC answer, the politically correct answer on a wide range of subjects, whether it's homosexual marriage, or a certain view of government, or a certain view of eschatology or whatever. At the end of the day we want also to encourage the kind of reverent handling of Scripture that wants to be corrected by Scripture, that is more eager to be mastered by Scripture then to master it.
worship wonder sometimes
Despite the protestations, one sometimes wonders if we are beginning to worship, worship rather than worship God.