In Depth:  Don Carson

Don Carson's talk at Grace Baptist Mission's 150th anniversary was broadcast by BBC Radio 4's Sunday Worship.

For many people, the thought of missionary work sounds, at best, painfully old-fashioned.

The following post was first an email to a young church planter seeking counsel. He is planting a church in a rough area. Not a few of those who are getting converted have been living together, sometimes with children, sometimes for years, without getting married. His question, then, is what should be said to these couples where one of the pair gets converted, and the other, so far, does not. Should the advice be to get married? Or is that encouraging people to be unequally yoked?

The question you’re facing is really about what marriage is, according to the Bible. At various times, I’ve faced the same questions you are now facing. The following are some guidelines. Some of these depend directly on what the Bible says, and some belong in the domain of prudential wisdom that is itself shaped by the Bible.

Quebec: a singular movement of God - Don Carson recounts what happened in the 1970s as part of his dad's story

A quiet revolution had passed through Quebec in the early 1960s. In its wake, its younger citizens were much less tightly tied to the Roman Catholic Church.

What are the most common errors that people make when it comes to understanding and proclaiming the kingdom?

I shall list a handful. They are in no particular order of importance, primarily because several of these interpretive errors belong to distinctive groups.

During one of his lectures on apocalyptic literature this year at Word Alive, Don Carson explained how we can be diverted from the gospel by what may have been good experiences in our lives.

As time goes on, what is meant by the term 'evangelical' seems to be ever more fuzzy. Don Carson considers the possibilities.

What is an evangelical? If we are to reflect on evangelicals and the church we had better agree on who evangelicals are. Attempted definitions of evangelicalism and evangelical lie in one of three domains.

Don Carson, research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois, USA, tackles this question . . .

Q: The tithe is clearly taught in the Old Testament, but in the New Testament it seems to be downplayed. Are those of us who give 10% of our income doing something not required? (K. Dale Miller, Wilmore, Kentucky).