D. A. Carson Quotes

Anyone who tells you to deny yourself is from Satan.

Grace is the mother and nurse of holiness, and not the apologist of sin.

Serve God with integrity, and if you achieve no success, at least no sin will lie upon your conscience.

I want to make people see that evil is seductive and that we need to be careful.

There were times when I was tempted to do wrong, and could have went that way. But I knew it wasn't for me. I was told enough times that it catches up with you, and I believe it.

It is better to live poorly upon the fruits of God's goodness than live plentifully upon the products of our own sin.

A spirit is not necessarily purer, because it is disembodied.

She feared no danger, for she knew no sin.

The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let there be no evil in your thoughts.'

The rewards of integrity are immeasurable. One is the indescribable inner peace and serenity that come from knowing we are doing what is right; another is an absence of the guilt and anxiety that accompany sin. Another reward of integrity is the confidence it can give us in approaching God. When virtue garnishes our thoughts unceasingly, our confidence is strong in the presence of God.

Do no sinful action, speak no angry word; ye belong to Jesus, children of the Lord.

He that hath slight thoughts of sin, never had great thoughts of God.

Cease to pray and thou will begin to sin. Prayer is not only a means to prevail for mercy but also to prevent sin.

Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy.

...when we are loving, we can't sin.

Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.

God is not satisfied with appearance. God wants the garment of justice. God wants his Christians dressed in love.

My sin is the black spot which my bad act makes, seen against the disk of the Sun of Righteousness. Hence religion and sin come and go together.

Worldliness is whatever makes sin look normal and righteousness look strange.

All of salvation is to make us look good! We who are dirty, worn, broken, and sinful are to be the showcase of heaven.

Blessed is he who has never been tempted; for he knows not the frailty of his rectitude.

Do not say that you have chaste minds if you have unchaste eyes, because an unchaste eye is the messenger of an unchaste heart.

The result of becoming tolerant towards sin is that we become intolerant towards God and His Word.

... in a wicked way, it is an incentive to good living to observe the spice of enjoyment there is to a godly soul in a very little sin.

So don't be tempted by the shiny apple Don't you eat of a bitter fruit Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for a world of truth 'Cause all that you have is your soul.