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The Christian's whole desire, at its best and highest, is that Jesus Christ be praised. It is always a wretched bastardization of our goals when we want to win glory for ourselves instead of for him.
D. A. Carson
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D. A. Carson
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: December 21
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Donald Arthur Carson
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