Quotes from DA Carson

The Bible does not tell us that life in this world will be fair. Evil and sin are not Victorian gentlemen; they do not play fair.

To know God is to be transformed, and thus to be introduced to a life that could not otherwise be experienced.

We do not drift into spiritual life or disciplined prayer. We will not grow in prayer unless we plan to pray.

No one believes more strongly than I do that every Christian should be a theologian. In that sense, we all need to work it out. I want all Christians who can read, to read their Bibles and to read beyond the Bible - to read the history and theology.

If you want to see what judgment looks like, go to the cross. If you want to see what love looks like, go to the cross.

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.

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

Do you wish to see God's love? Look at the cross. Do you wish to see God's wrath? Look at the cross.

Love the church because Jesus loves it.

God's love in John 3:16 is not amazing because the world is so big, but because the world is so bad.

God is a talking God, and thus you must come to wrestle with him. You must wrestle with what he said.

The truth of the matter is that inerrancy is simply a way of saying that there are no errors that call into question the truthfulness of Scripture wherever Scripture is making truth claims.