Sermon Illustrations

Category: D. A. Carson

  • Putting people down

    Putting people down

    All of us would be wiser if we would resolve never to put people down, except on our prayer lists. D.A. CarsonClick to Tweet

  • Gospel Plotline

    .In other words, all that the canonical Gospels say must be read in the light of the plotline of these books: they move inevitably toward Jesus’ cross and resurrection, which provides forgiveness and the remission of sins. That is why it is so hermeneutically backward to try to understand the teaching of Jesus in a…

  • So when one hears the

    So when one hears the frequently repeated slogan, “Preach the gospel— use words if necessary,” one has to say, as gently but as firmly as one can, that this is smug nonsense D.A. CarsonClick to TweetWebsite: http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/files/2010/10/for_the_fame_of_gods_name.excerpt.pdf

  • Both the love and wrath

    Both the love and wrath of God are fully affirmed in both Testaments. If anything, this becomes even more pronounced in the New Testament. D.A. Carson puts it this way: “Both God’s love and God’s wrath are ratcheted up in the move from the old covenant to the new…. These themes barrel along through redemptive…

  • Pray until you pray But

    Pray until you pray But in the Western world we urgently need this advice, for many of us in our praying are like nasty little boys who ring front door bells and run away before anyone answers. D.A. CarsonClick to Tweet Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • "Pray until you pray" The

    "Pray until you pray" The Puritans What they meant is that Christians should pray long enough and honestly enough, at a single session, to get past the feeling of formalism and unreality that attends not a little praying. We are especially prone to such feelings when we pray only for a few minutes, rushing to…

  • We do not drift into

    We do not drift into spiritual life. We do not drift into disciplined prayer. We will not grow in prayer, unless we plan to pray. D.A. CarsonClick to Tweet Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • The mystery of providence defies

    The mystery of providence defies our attempt to tame it by reason. I do not mean it is illogical; I mean that we do not know enough to be able to unpack it and domesticate it. Perhaps we may gauge how content we are to live with our limitations by assessing whether we are comfortable…

  • This may be superficially attractive

    This may be superficially attractive because it appeals to our emotions, but the cost will soon be high. Implicitly we start thinking of a finite God. God himself is gradually dimished and reduced from what He is. And that is idolatry.” D. A. CarsonClick to TweetFrom the book “The difficult doctrine of the love of…