"Passion is not a substitute for clarity. Volume is not a substitute for content. Emotion is not a substitute for conviction." – H.B. Charles Jr.

"Let us always guard our tongue; not that it should always be silent, but that it should speak at the proper time." - John Chrysostom

"If you define success in terms of faithfulness, then you are in a position to persevere, because you are released from the demand of immediately observable results, freeing you for faithfulness to the Gospel's message and methods, leaving numbers to the Lord." - Mark Dever

The Best of Preaching and Preachers, Episode 307: Q&A Special with D. A. Carson | Dr. D. A. Carson joins me on Preaching and Preachers at jasonkallen.com.

This week, Dr. D. A. Carson joins me on Preaching and Preachers for a Q&A special. You can find this episode anywhere you listen to podcasts or at jasonkallen.com.

"We are always entertaining the delusion that we will go on forever in this world. The result is that the very things which ought to be of assistance to us in our pilgrimage through life, become chains which bind us." - Sinclair Ferguson

"Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces." - Matthew Henry

"How good we are as preachers depends - not altogether, but (make no mistake!) primarily - on how good we are as men." - John Knox

"The preacher must be a serious man; he must never give the impression that preaching is something light or superficial or trivial." - Martyn Lloyd-Jones

This week, Dr. D. A. Carson joined me on Preaching and Preachers. Check out this clip from the end of the episode.

"The cross is proof of both the immense love of God and the profound wickedness of sin." - John MacArthur

“This new emphasis only adds to our vibrant doctoral program in historical studies, especially the history of Baptists and of evangelical Christianity.”

"Religion brought forth Prosperity, and the daughter destroyed the mother." - Cotton Mather

How kind of you, Donald. Thankful the for the encouragement.

"The first step to becoming a student of the Bible is having a heart of humility–A heart that says, 'Please, give me understanding.'" - Tony Merida

How did we get the four Gospels? Read the new article on Christ Over All by John Meade, Professor of Old Testament at MBTS: bit.ly/3UDZPMA

"The Christian on his knees sees more than the philosopher on tiptoe. God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves." - D.L. Moody

What a wonderful time to serve at Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College. I am thankful to be part of it.

"Whoever is truly humbled - will not be easily angry, nor harsh or critical of others. He will be compassionate and tender to the infirmities of his fellow-sinners, knowing that if there is a difference - it is grace alone which has made it!" - John Newton

"Let not man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts." - John Owen