"What is astonishing is that after the bloody century (20th) we have just come through, so many people think that if we simply sit around a table & talk we will sort it all out. This attitude is astonishingly naïve. Christians should never, ever, be surprised by evil. While we should always be horrified by evil, we should never be surprised by it…Hold few illusions about the world. There are many times we should be horrified – surprised, never...
...This world is constantly trying to convince itself that we are all pretty good, that we are all saying the same things, that evil is not an endemic & systemic part of us, & that if we are nice, everything will be all right. Certainly there is no merit in being un-nice! But to hide the disagreements, idolatries, greeds, injustice, God-defying arrogance, materialist hedonism, unbelief, & just plain malice of the world is worse that naïve – it is blind. Christians will look at the rawness of history & the prevalence of evil people who become worse & worse, & they will hold few illusions.” – Don Carson
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