# “The Finitude of Man” by D. A. Carson

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“I understand that matter can be changed
 To energy; that maths can integrate The
complex quantum jumps that must relate The fusion of the stars to history’s page.
I understand that God in every age Is Lord of all; that matter can’t dictate; That
stars and quarks and all things intricate Perform His word—including fool and sage.
But knowing God is not to know like God; And science is a quest in infancy. Still
more: transcendence took on flesh and blood: I do not understand how this can be.
The more my mind is stretched to understand, The more it learns the finitude of 
man.”

–D. A. Carson, “The Finitude of Man,” first published in _Christianity Today_ 24,
no. 17 (1980): 31.

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