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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.
D. A. Carson
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D. A. Carson
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 21
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We overcome the accuser of our brothers and sisters, we overcome our consciences, we overcome our bad tempers, we overcome our defeats, we overcome our lusts, we overcome our fears, we overcome our pettiness on the basis of the blood of the Lamb.
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Love the church because Jesus loves it.
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Do you wish to see God's love? Look at the cross. Do you wish to see God's wrath? Look at the cross.
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God is absolutely sovereign, but his sovereignty never mitigates human responsibility.
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Some forms of absolutism are not bad they may even be heroic.
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