D. A. Carson Quotes
How 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?
Quotes to Explore
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I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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Let's practice motivation and love, not discrimination and hate.
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I doubt God would want to touch America's tax code, since it is already located in the third rung of Hell.
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It doesn't matter what you feel - ultimately, it's what the audience feels. You can finish a scene and think to yourself, 'Oh, God. I was so deep in that moment,' and find it just didn't play. I don't know if I have very good radar about that or not.
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During the first 13 centuries after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, no one thought of setting up a creche to celebrate Christmas. The pre-eminent Christian holiday was Easter, not Christmas.
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When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.
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I am racing to the studio the moment that God affords me the opportunity to hear again.
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If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.
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If 'everything happens for a reason,' then every act of evil is ultimately God's doing.
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I believe that in this world it is impossible to understand God.
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God is not anything human. God is a force, God is chaos, God is unknown. God is terror and enlightenment at the same time.
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The Qur'an is God's property, not mine.
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As often as you fail, get up and try again. God will never let you down, so long as you don't let Him down, and so long as you make the effort.
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God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.
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I joined the Madras Christian College but dropped out after three months. Telugu music director Ramesh Naidu asked me to assist him, and I did so for over a year. I did think of rejoining college, but by then, I was discovering the musician in me. I worked with Illaya Raja and Raj Koti and soon shifted to commercials. This led to movie offers.
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I believe that is what the God experience does for us. It calls us beyond our limits into the fullness of life - into a capacity to love people we are not taught to love - and into an ability to be who we are.
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The first step in our walk of faith is to stop our own works and rest in God's love, wisdom and power.
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If your world today seems confusing, be comforted by the words of the prophets of God who have told you what the future holds for you as a child of God.
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To suggest that war can prevent war is a base play on words and a despicable form of warmongering. The objective of any who sincerely believe in peace clearly must be to exhaust every honourable recourse in the effort to save the peace. The world has had ample evidence that war begets only conditions which beget further war.
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How 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?
