There is a certain kind of maturity that can be attained only through the discipline of suffering.
D. A. CarsonFailure to believe stems from moral failure to recognize the truth, not from want of evidence, but from willful neglect or distortion of the evidence.
D. A. CarsonHow much would our churches be transformed if each of us made it a practice to thank God for others and then to tell those others what it is about them that we thank God for?
D. A. CarsonThat God normally operates the universe consistently makes science possible; that he does not always do so ought to keep science humble.
D. A. CarsonFor example, the Bible does say this is a proposition, "There is no God." But of course the context of Psalm 14:1 enriches it a bit: "the fool has said in his heart, there is no God." So there are contextual constraints and when you finish putting in all the contextual constraints and sophisticated discussions of what inerrancy is and isn't.
D. A. Carson