Sin corrupts even our good deeds. We injure our shoulder trying to pat…

D. A. Carson
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Sin corrupts even our good deeds. We injure our shoulder trying to pat ourselves on the back.
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To know God is to be transformed, and thus to be introduced to a life that could not otherwise be experienced. ✨ D. A. Carson (1991). The Gospel According to John, p.556, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
The truth of the matter is that all we have to do is live long enough and we will suffer. ✨ D. A. Carson (2006). How Long, O Lord?: Reflections on Suffering and Evil, p.16, Baker Academic
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The kingdom of heaven is worth infinitely more than the cost of discipleship, and those who know where the treasure lies joyfully abandon everything else to secure it.
The place where God has supremely destroyed all human arrogance and pretension is the cross. ✨ D. A. Carson (2004). The Cross and Christian Ministry: An Exposition of Passages from 1 Corinthians, p.1 … ▶

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