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D.A. Carson
Author · 85 books
Donald A. Carson is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He has been at Trinity since 1978. Carson came to Trinity from the faculty of Northwest Baptist Theological Seminary in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he also served for two years as academic dean. He has served as assistant pastor and pastor and has done itinerant ministry in Canada and the United Kingdom. Carson received the Bachelor of Science in chemistry from McGill University, the Master of Divinity from Central Baptist Seminary in Toronto, and the Doctor of Philosophy in New Testament from the University of Cambridge. Carson is an active guest lecturer in academic and church settings around the world. He has written or edited about sixty books. He is a founding member and currently president of The Gospel Coalition. Carson and his wife, Joy, reside in Libertyville, Illinois. They have two adult children.

Series

Books

From the Resurrection to His Return book cover

From the Resurrection to His Return

2010

The Gagging of God book cover

The Gagging of God

Christianity Confronts Pluralism

1996

The Cross and Christian Ministry book cover

The Cross and Christian Ministry

Leadership Lessons from 1 Corinthians

1993

Original Sin book cover

Original Sin

Illuminating the Riddle

1997

From Every People and Nation book cover

From Every People and Nation

A Biblical Theology of Race

2003

Thanksgiving book cover

Thanksgiving

An Investigation of a Pauline Theme

2002

The God Who Is There book cover

The God Who Is There

Finding Your Place in God's Story

2010

Biblical interpretation and the church book cover

Biblical interpretation and the church

Text and context

1984

From Sabbath to Lord's Day book cover

From Sabbath to Lord's Day

A Biblical, Historical and Theological Investigation

1982

For the Love of God book cover

For the Love of God

1998

Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor book cover

Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor

The Life and Reflections of Tom Carson

2008

New Testament Commentary Survey book cover

New Testament Commentary Survey

1989

Love in Hard Places book cover

Love in Hard Places

2002

Hear, My Son book cover

Hear, My Son

Teaching Learning in Proverbs 1-9

1998

A Model of Christian Maturity book cover

A Model of Christian Maturity

An Exposition of 2 Corinthians 10-13

1984

The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures book cover

The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures

2016

Resurrection Life in a World of Suffering book cover

Resurrection Life in a World of Suffering

1 Peter

2018

Teach Us to Pray book cover

Teach Us to Pray

Prayer in the Bible and the World

1990

A Call to Spiritual Reformation book cover

A Call to Spiritual Reformation

Priorities from Paul and His Prayers

1992

Worship book cover

Worship

Adoration and Action

1993

Who Chose the Books of the New Testament? book cover

Who Chose the Books of the New Testament?

2022

For the Love of God, Volume 2 book cover

For the Love of God, Volume 2

A Daily Companion For Discovering The Riches Of God'S Word

1998

Gospel-Centered Ministry book cover

Gospel-Centered Ministry

2011

NIV Zondervan Study Bible book cover

NIV Zondervan Study Bible

Built on the Truth of Scripture and Centered on the Gospel Message

2015

The Intolerance of Tolerance book cover

The Intolerance of Tolerance

2009

The King James Version Debate book cover

The King James Version Debate

A Plea for Realism

1978

God & Culture book cover

God & Culture

Essays in Honor of Carl F.H. Henry

1993

Preaching in the New Testament (Volume 42) book cover

Preaching in the New Testament (Volume 42)

2017

Canon, Covenant and Christology book cover

Canon, Covenant and Christology

Rethinking Jesus and the Scriptures of Israel

2020

The Paradoxes of Paul book cover

The Paradoxes of Paul

2001

Christ and Culture Revisited book cover

Christ and Culture Revisited

2008

An Introduction to the New Testament book cover

An Introduction to the New Testament

1992

Basics for Believers book cover

Basics for Believers

1996

God's Unfaithful Wife book cover

God's Unfaithful Wife

A Biblical Theology of Spiritual Adultery

1996

Showing the Spirit book cover

Showing the Spirit

A Theological Exposition of 1 Corinthians 12-14

1987

Letters Along the Way book cover

Letters Along the Way

A Novel of the Christian Life

1993

Praying With Paul book cover

Praying With Paul

A Call to Spiritual Reformation, Study Guide

2014

Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church book cover

Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church

Understanding a Movement and Its Implications

2005

The Inclusive-Language Debate book cover

The Inclusive-Language Debate

1998

Jesus's Sermon on the Mount and His Confrontation with the World book cover

Jesus's Sermon on the Mount and His Confrontation with the World

A Study of Matthew 5-10

1999

Sermon on the Mount book cover

Sermon on the Mount

1978

The Gospel as Center book cover

The Gospel as Center

Renewing Our Faith and Reforming Our Ministry Practices

2012

Worship by the Book book cover

Worship by the Book

2002

Letters Along the Way book cover

Letters Along the Way

From a Senior Saint to a Junior Saint

2022

Christ, Our Righteousness book cover

Christ, Our Righteousness

Paul's Theology of Justification

2001

The Scriptures Testify about Me book cover

The Scriptures Testify about Me

Jesus and the Gospel in the Old Testament

2013

A Quick Introduction to the New Testament book cover

A Quick Introduction to the New Testament

2012

Collected Writings on Scripture book cover

Collected Writings on Scripture

2010

Identity and Idolatry book cover

Identity and Idolatry

The Image of God and Its Inversion

2015

The Book of Isaiah and God's Kingdom book cover

The Book of Isaiah and God's Kingdom

A Thematic-Theological Approach

2016

How Long, O Lord? book cover

How Long, O Lord?

Reflections on Suffering and Evil

1991

Telling the Truth book cover

Telling the Truth

Evangelizing Postmoderns

2000

Contagious Holiness book cover

Contagious Holiness

Jesus' Meals with Sinners

2005

Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon book cover

Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon

1986

The Cross from a Distance book cover

The Cross from a Distance

Atonement in Mark's Gospel

2004

Scandalous book cover

Scandalous

The Cross and Resurrection of Jesus

2010

Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility book cover

Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility

Biblical Perspectives in Tension

1981

Mo book cover

Mo

The Life and Times of Morris K. Udall

2001

Sealed with an Oath book cover

Sealed with an Oath

Covenant in God's Unfolding Purpose

2007

Introducing the New Testament book cover

Introducing the New Testament

A Short Guide to Its History and Message

2013

Five Festal Garments book cover

Five Festal Garments

Christian Reflections on the Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Esther

2000

Jesus and the Logic of History (New Studies in Biblical Theology) book cover

Jesus and the Logic of History (New Studies in Biblical Theology)

1998

Exegetical Fallacies book cover

Exegetical Fallacies

1983

Prophetic from the Center book cover

Prophetic from the Center

2019

A Mouth Full of Fire book cover

A Mouth Full of Fire

The Word of God in the Words of Jeremiah

2012

God's Love Compels Us book cover

God's Love Compels Us

Taking the Gospel to the World

2015

The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God book cover

The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God

1999

Slave of Christ book cover

Slave of Christ

A New Testament Metaphor for Total Devotion to Christ

1999

With the Clouds of Heaven book cover

With the Clouds of Heaven

The Book of Daniel in Biblical Theology

2014

The Gospel According to John book cover

The Gospel According to John

1990

The Complexities of Second Temple Judaism book cover

The Complexities of Second Temple Judaism

2001

Holy Sonnets of the Twentieth Century book cover

Holy Sonnets of the Twentieth Century

1994

Entrusted with the Gospel book cover

Entrusted with the Gospel

Pastoral Expositions of 2 Timothy

2010

Christ Has Set Us Free book cover

Christ Has Set Us Free

Preaching and Teaching Galatians

2019

Coming Home book cover

Coming Home

Essays on the New Heaven and New Earth

2017

Bound for the Promised Land (Volume 34) book cover

Bound for the Promised Land (Volume 34)

2015

When Jesus Confronts the World book cover

When Jesus Confronts the World

An Exposition of Matthew 8-10

1987

A Gracious and Compassionate God book cover

A Gracious and Compassionate God

Mission, Salvation and Spirituality in the Book of Jonah

2011

Scripture and Truth book cover

Scripture and Truth

1983

A Clear and Present Word book cover

A Clear and Present Word

The Clarity of Scripture

2006

God's Word, Our Story book cover

God's Word, Our Story

Learning from the Book of Nehemiah

2016

Jesus the Son of God book cover

Jesus the Son of God

A Christological Title Often Overlooked, Sometimes Misunderstood, and Currently Disputed

2012

Matthew book cover

Matthew

1995

The Farewell Discourse and Final Prayer of Jesus book cover

The Farewell Discourse and Final Prayer of Jesus

An Exposition of John 14-17

1980

Shepherds After My Own Heart book cover

Shepherds After My Own Heart

Pastoral Traditions and Leadership in the Bible

2006

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