“The person who loves his life will lose it: it could not be otherwise, for to love one's life is a fundamental denial of God's sovereignty, of God's rights, and a brazen elevation of self to the apogee of one's perception, and therefore an idolatrous focus on self, which is the heart of all sin”
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D. A. Carson
D. A. Carson is a prominent writer and scholar in the fields of religion, theology, and literature. His works cover a wide range of topics from biblical studies to Christian theology, and are highly appreciated by readers. more
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