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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.

D. A. Carson

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D. A. Carson
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 21
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Missionary
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Montreal
Quebec
Donald Arthur Carson
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A billion years or so into eternity, how many toys we accumulated during this life will not seem too terribly important.
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The way you lose the gospel is not by denying it, but by assuming it.
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It is a cheap zeal that reserves its passions to combat only the sins and temptations of others.
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The aim is never to become a master of the Word, but to be mastered by it.
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The New Testament writers did not invent a doctrine of Scripture they inherited it.
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Study Bible is the expression used for Bibles that include significant explanatory notes, usually at the bottom of the page, sometimes in the margins. Often a Study Bible will also include some brief articles, photographs of geographical and archaeological sites, fairly extensive maps, and charts that summarize a lot of information.
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