Sin is a basilisk whose eyes are full of venom. If the eye of thy soul see her first, it reflects her… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
For God to forgive sinners without the full penalty being paid would contradict His justice and make Him our partner in evil.… — Dave Hunt Copy Share Image
Sin aims always at the utmost; every time it rises up to tempt or entice, if it has its own way it… — John Owen Copy Share Image
From what cause the rite of baptism first proceeded is not expressed formally in the scripture, but it may be probably thought… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
It is far best for the Christian never to see some things, so he will never want them. The old-fashioned Christian who… — John R. Rice Copy Share Image
Nothing can tend so much to humble us before the mercy and justice of God as the consideration of His benefits and… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
“The drinking of coffee is an absolute sin! Our Glorious Prophet did not partake of coffee because he knew it dulled the… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Repentance means to have a hearty, thorough, change of mind and it includes the idea of rejecting and renouncing the sinful, filthy… — Fred Phelps Copy Share Image
“Whatever controls us is our lord. The person who seeks power is controlled by power. The person who seeks acceptance is controlled… — Rebecca Pippert Copy Share Image
In nothing was slavery so savage and relentless as in its attempted destruction of the family instincts of the Negro race in… — Fannie Barrier Williams Copy Share Image
All you have done is to be different from other women and you have made a little success of it. This is… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
A man of discernment, meditating on the healing Divine Providence, bears with thanksgiving the misfortunes that come to him. He sees their… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Baptism is a sign to God, to angels, and to heaven that we do the will of God, and there is no… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Our Savior kneels down and gazes upon the darkest acts of our lives. But rather than recoil in horror, he reaches out… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
We modern egalitarians are tempted to the primal sin of pride in the opposite way from the ancients. The old, aristocratic form… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
...but this is the real objection to that torrent of modern talk about treating crime as disease, about making prison merely a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If God requires of the sinner, dead in sin, that he should take the first step, then he requires just that which… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
It is impossible for a man to be freed from the habit of sin before he hates it, just as it is… — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
“I thought speakers didn't believe in sin," said a sullen boy. Andrew smiled. "You believe in sin, Styrka, and you do things… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
It is our wisest and our safest course to stand at the farthest distance from sin; not to go near the house… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
In all the things I've gone through as a politician, I have seen that in this system it is really very difficult… — Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Copy Share Image
You might as well baptize a bag of sand as a man, if not done in view of the remission of sins… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Certainly anyone who comes to faith in Christ has a new heart and they have an opportunity for new life and that's… — Alan Chambers Copy Share Image
“In a garden long ago, the two majestic beings God had created used their capacities for purposes other than reflecting the goodness… — Jeremy Pierre Copy Share Image
The Law was given by Moses; the moral law, to discover the extent and abounding sin; the ceremonial law, to point out,… — John Newton Copy Share Image
Since it is likely that, being men, they would sin every day, St. Paul consoles his hearers by saying 'renew yourselves' from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people don't take you seriously if they hear it's a video-game-based movie, and a lot of press… — Uwe Boll Copy Share Image
What do believers in the Absolute mean by saving that their belief affords them comfort? They mean that since in the Absolute… — William James Copy Share Image
In my book, The Sins of Scripture, I traced the development of tribal religion, which included ideas like God's killing the Egyptians… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
"It is finished" means that Jesus had accomplished all that God's mission had sent him to do. It did not merely mean… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share Image
“...[I]f at the time of its release the soul is tainted and impure, because it has always associated with the body and… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Three-fifths to two-thirds of the federal budget consists of taking property from one American and giving it to another. Were a private… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
People used to blush when they were ashamed. Now they are ashamed if they blush. Modesty has disappeared and a brazen generation… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
I had no idea that marriage was only supposed to be between two people who wanted to get between the sheets and… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
Indeed, I have been listed under Jesus' banner only for a few years, but I have enjoyed more solid pleasure in one… — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
Ah, did we but rightly understand what the demerit of sin is, we would rather admire the bounty of God than complain… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
As long as you and I understand salvation as checking off a box to get to God, we will find ourselves in… — David Platt Copy Share Image
See, you can't rewrite, 'cause to rewrite is to deceive and lie, and you betray your own thoughts. To rethink the flow… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
“I don't want to go back to the way I fucking was. I don't want to go back to being alone and… — Santino Hassell Copy Share Image
People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image