Never settle for second best when God offers us something so much greater and more certain. D.A. Carson shared the following illustration in a lecture on Revelation to apply the truth of Revelation 1:5 (“To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood”) and explain how the cross is the ultimate […]
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Life-Changing Sentences: D.A. Carson on Genuine Worship
John Piper has famously and repeatedly said, “Books don’t change people, paragraphs do — sometimes sentences.” This new blog series “Life-Changing Sentences” takes that to heart and shares powerful sentences from Christian writers on a variety of topics. “The heart of genuine worship is the working out in every aspect of our lives the confession […]
The One Thing that Can Destroy Evangelicalism from Within — and How to Prevent it
“We are already at the stage where many evangelical leaders simply assume the message of the cross, but no longer lay much emphasis on it. Their focus is elsewhere. And a few, it seems to me, are in danger of distancing themselves from major components of the message of the cross, while still operating within […]
D.A. Carson’s Lectures on the Book of Hebrews
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School recently has uploaded several classroom lectures by Research Professor and theologian D.A. Carson speaking on the book of Hebrews as a part of the Acts, Pauline and General Epistles class. Having sat through these lectures, I can say they were very helpful for me in understanding how the Old Testament is […]
Quote: D.A. Carson on Characteristics of True Revivals
In his book A Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers, Dr. D.A. Carson provides this quote on revival and what history shows them to be like: “It does not take much reading in the history of revivals to discover that when true revival dawns, resentments are dissolved. When revival comes, self-promotion […]