No voluntary act of spiritual discipline is ever to become an occasion for self-promotion. - D. A. Carson

An oath is a solemn statement (not necessarily a promise or a vow) affirmed to be true before God - D.A. Carson

If it is hard to accept a rebuke, even a private one, it is harder still to administer one in loving humility - D.A. Carson

The most extraordinary things about the biblical prerequisites for elders is that they are not all that extraordinary - D. A. Carson

The miracles Jesus performs... do not compel faith; but those with faith will perceive their significance. - D. A. Carson

Christians are a band of natural enemies who love one another for Jesus' sake. - D. A. Carson

When you move from the Old Testament to the New Testament, you are not moving from a harder God to a softer God. - DA Carson

The cliché, God hates the sin but loves the sinner, is false on the face of it and should be abandoned. - D. A. Carson

[Repentance] is not a merely intellectual change of mind or mere grief...but a radical transformation of the entire person. - D.A. Carson

The coming of God's reign either demands repentance or brings judgment. - D.A. Carson