The targets of this story are not wayward sinners but religious people who do everything the Bible requires. Jesus is pleading not… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Life by the yard is hard; by the inch it's a cinch. Each of us can be true for just one day--and… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Angels are God's messengers whose chief business is to carry out his orders in the world. He has given them an ambassadorial… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Kindness is not like a barter, so much for so much; or so much by contract, and my duty done. But kindness… — James Vila Blake Copy Share Image
“Righteousness is not about right doing. Righteousness is about right believing. You are made righteous in God's eyes when you put your… — Joseph Prince Copy Share Image
We are all members of the same flawed species. Putting our moral vision into practice means imposing our will on others. The… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
And as long as the world lasts, all who want to make progress in righteousness will come to Israel for inspiration, as… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
To be justified means more than to be declared "not guilty." It actually means to be declared righteous before God. It means… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is… — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
Receiving the authority of the priesthood by the laying on of hands is an important beginning, but it is not enough. Ordination… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Within evangelicalism is a distressing drift toward accepting a Christianity that does not demand a life-changing walk with God. Many evangelicals (today)… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
The truth is, the secular world isn't too enamored with Jesus. And they're not too enamored with someone who is leading people… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Calamity, war, famine, plague, death, adversity, disease, injury do not necessarily produce repentance. We may become better in a calamity but it… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Trust wholly in Christ; rely altogether on His sufferings; beware of seeking to be justified in any other way than by His… — John Wycliffe Copy Share Image
The love of God again makes us free, for it draws us to set a low value on those things wherein we… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
It's okay that your parents aren't perfect; no one's are. And it's okay that they didn't have any perfect children either; no… — Ardeth Kapp Copy Share Image
Righteousness, or justice, is, undoubtedly of all the virtues, the surest foundation on which to create and establish a new state. But… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Ah! the best righteousness of our man-of-war world seems but an unrealized ideal, after all; and those maxims which, in the hope… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
When we put too much hope in a candidate or a party we set ourselves up for disappointment. When I see a… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
“The author compares the struggles of Martin Luther with the prevailing doctrine that a little genuine effort on our part results in… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
In short, there are certain fundamental requisites for wise and resolute democratic leadership. It must build on hope, not on fear; on… — Edmund Ezra Day Copy Share Image
Each day the forces of evil and the forces of good enlist new recruits. Each day we personally make many decisions showing… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
If the words of God are uttered merely as verbal expressions, and their message is not rooted in the virtuous way of… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Some relate . . . that the eagle tries the eyes of her young by turning them to the sun; which if… — John Owen Copy Share Image
It seems to me there is less meanness in atheism, by a good measure. It seems that the spirit of religious self-righteousness… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
My will shall be done regardless of the flaws in thy life, if ye count upon the power of My righteousness. I… — Frances J Roberts Copy Share Image
How many does it take to metamorphose wickedness into righteousness? One man must not kill. If he does, it is murder… But… — Adin Ballou Copy Share Image
The new creation is created after God in righteousness and true holiness. The new man is after God, like God, godlike, complete… — Benny Hinn Copy Share Image
We have in effect renounced our Worldly citizenship when we receive the King of Kings and the Prince of Peace, Lord of… — David Berg Copy Share Image
The only chains God wants us to wear are the chains of righteousness--not the chains of hopeless subjectivism, not the shackles of… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Our lifestyle, language, attitudes, and manner of dress reflect on His name. He leads us in paths of righteousness for His name's… — Curtis Hutson Copy Share Image
“Imagine a personality so taking that others would pay their last simply to be in its presence. Then of course a number… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I've long ago felt, I have many Jewish friends and I very I think creative Jewish friends, and I've long felt that… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
“If I were to believe in God enough to call him a murderer, then I might also believe enough that he, as… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
It is our hope, that men in proportion as they grow more enlightened, will learn to hold their theories and their creeds… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
The God of Israel is King of kings and Lord of lords... He know, and foreknows, all things, and his foreknowledge is… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
But let us emphasize that right and wrong, righteousness and sin, are not dependent upon man's interpretations, conventions and attitudes. Social acceptance… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
"Sinner" is a present-tense description of everyone, including those who have put their faith in Christ. Of course, those who have called… — Edward T Welch Copy Share Image
![“When we put too much hope in a candidate or a party we set ourselves up for disappointment. When I see a poster with [Barak] Obama's image with the word "hope" under it, something in me cringes - our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness, the old hymn goes, all other…” quote by Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/60c/shane-claiborne-960_barak-obama_when-we-put-too-much-hope-in-a-candidate_3105731.png)
