We do not drift into spiritual life or disciplined prayer. We will not grow in prayer unless we plan to pray.
D. A. CarsonSo there are all kinds of things that grammarian purists would argue are awkward forms of speech and sometimes they are intentional for rhetorical effect and sometimes it's the way people chose to write at the time. Inerrancy isn't interested in any of those kinds of things.
D. A. CarsonPrayer is God's appointed means for appropriating the blessings that are ours in Christ Jesus.
D. A. CarsonMany of us in our praying are like nasty little boys who ring front door bells and run away before anyone answers.
D. A. CarsonIn terms of applicability to today's world, many people are trying to domesticate Scripture so as to get the PC answer, the politically correct answer on a wide range of subjects, whether it's homosexual marriage, or a certain view of government, or a certain view of eschatology or whatever. At the end of the day we want also to encourage the kind of reverent handling of Scripture that wants to be corrected by Scripture, that is more eager to be mastered by Scripture then to master it.
D. A. Carson