The motive is this, 'Oh! that God could be glorified, that Jesus might see the reward of his sufferings! Oh! that sinners… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
A lot of people say, well how can a loving God send anyone to hell? First of all God doesn't send anyone… — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
“Teach the ignorant as much as you can. Society is to blame for not giving free education: it is responsible for the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The Divine "goodness" differs from ours, but it is not sheerly different; it differs from ours not as white from black, but… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Nothing humbles and breaks the heart of a sinner like mercy and love. Souls that converse much with sin and wrath, may… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
The devil is no fool. He can get people feeling about heaven the way they ought to feel about hell. He can… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Hell begins with a grumbling mood, always complaining, always blaming others…but you are still distinct from it. You may even criticize it… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Orthodox theologians insisted that the rest of humankind were only transitory creatures, lost in sin - a view that would support what… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
What we need to affirm is that Jesus is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. Whenever we marry Jesus to a political… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
When I know that Christ is the one real sacrifice for my sins, that His work on my behalf has been accepted… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
Every man hath the right to doubt his task, and to forsake it from time to time; but what he must not… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Today, the growers are like a punch-drunk old boxer who doesn't know he's past his prime. The times are changing. The political… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
“O my Mansoul, I have lived, I have died, I live, and I will die no more for thee. I live that… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
We cannot go back in time and change the past, but we can repent. The Savior can wipe away our tears of… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like a Buddhist and I need to chant; sometimes a Baptist and I need to holler and shout; and… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
God does not save those who are only imaginary sinners. Be a sinner, and let your sins be strong (sin boldly), but… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
When all this is over, people will try to blame the Germans alone, and the Germans will try to blame the Nazis… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
Finally, if life happened by chance on this earth and evolved upward, then it could seemingly happen elsewhere in the universe. But… — Dave Hunt Copy Share Image
It is easy enough to be virtuous When nothing tempts you to stray; When without or within No voice of sin Is… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
I have been called a curmudgeon, which my obsolescent dictionary defines as a 'surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered fellow'. Nowadays, curmudgeon is likely to… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Bread of the world, in mercy broken, Wine of the soul, in mercy shed, By whom the words of life were spoken,… — Reginald Heber Copy Share Image
The essence of man is his freedom. Sin is committed in that freedom. Sin can therefore not be attributed to a defect… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Lukewarm people don't really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
Therefore, when we find our heart inflamed with love to God, we may know that God hath shined upon our souls in… — Richard Sibbes Copy Share Image
We could not take one step in the pursuit of holiness if God in His grace had not first delivered us from… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
...and with a burning pain in my heart I realized how unnecessary, how petty, and how deceptive all that had hindered us… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
In a word, live together in the forgiveness of your sins, for without it no human fellowship, least of all a marriage,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“If we regularly ponder the depth of our own sinfulness, like the woman who washed Jesus' feet with her tears, and consider… — Paul Tautges Copy Share Image
Of all the ingenious mistakes into which erring man has fallen, perhaps none have been so pernicious in their consequences, or have… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Because immigrants have always been particularly prone to repetition - it's something to do with that experience of moving from West to… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“The nice people do not come to God, because they think they are good through their own merits or bad through inherited… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Upon the present theological computation, ten souls must be lost for one that is saved. At which rate of reckoning, heaven can… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
... we grapple with this 'law of sin' (Rom. 8:2) and expel it from our body, establishing in its place the surveillance… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not. It is… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Do not lose your temper with those who sin. Do not have a passion for noticing every sin in your neighbor and… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
“They may call you "Stupid" because of what you've done in the past. Hey, you are going to be "Prominent" because of… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
But they all stood beneath the cross, enemies and believers, doubters and cowards, revilers and devoted followers. His prayer, in that hour,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Understand two thoughts, and fear them. One says, "You are a saint," the other, "You won't be saved." Both of these thoughts… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
“Do you want to be safe from the influence, ways, and lusts of the world and the flesh (I John 2:16)? From… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
“[Jesus] tilted His head back, pulled up one last time to draw breath and cried, "Tetelestai!" It was a Greek expression most… — Swindoll Charles R Copy Share Image
![“[Jesus] tilted His head back, pulled up one last time to draw breath and cried, "Tetelestai!" It was a Greek expression most everyone present would have understood. It was an accounting term. Archaeologists have found papyrus tax receipts with "Tetelestai" written across them, meaning "paid in…” quote by Swindoll Charles R](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/228/swindoll-charles-r-34399_crucifixion_jesus-tilted-his-head-back-pulled-up-one_3140633.jpg)
