Authority can mean different things to different people. For example, some document or other may be authoritative for particular group even though it's not reliable. It's just that the group has accepted that document as authoritative for their group. And some documents are truthful and reliable but they are ignored, so they have no authority for that particular group.
D. A. CarsonThere is no long-range effective teaching of the Bible that is not accompanied by long hours of ongoing study of the Bible.
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. CarsonSome Christians want enough of Christ to be identified with him but not enough to be seriously inconvenienced.
D. A. CarsonIf 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.
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