The soul sins therefore because, while aiming at good, it makes mistakes about the good, because it is not primary essence. And… — Sallust Copy Share Image
But here is the heart of the moral issue for many of us. Simply put, those around the world who have contributed… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
Men, your primary responsibility in your home, after your wife, is you to disciple your own children. And if you don't do… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
Of course the more you love the sinner the more you hate and make war on the sin, just as the more… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
Christ will be master of the heart, and sin must be mortified. If your life is unholy, then your heart is unchanged,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
A deep sense of sin, a humble willingness to be saved in God's way, a teachable readiness to give up our own… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In a depressing twist, many members of my party and ideological persuasion have become advocates for Donald Trump on a scale that… — Rick Wilson Copy Share Image
The last and most painful irony is that the two longtime rival armies in the securitization market - the investment banks and… — Bethany McLean Copy Share Image
The story of the Fall always fascinates me as a play ground, but I cannot find any profound meaning in it, because… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
The rewards of integrity are immeasurable. One is the indescribable inner peace and serenity that come from knowing we are doing what… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
Because God knows, searches and clearly understands the minds, hearts, thoughts, and nature of all, his supreme kindness and clemency do not… — Pope Pius IX Copy Share Image
The City's going to be very very beautiful! Its going to be like a beautiful beautiful park in some places, and there… — David Berg Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in definitions, because in the Bible, the Ten Commandments are there but there's no real clear definition of… — Whitley Strieber Copy Share Image
It is Satan's work to fill men's hearts with doubt. He leads them to look upon God as a stern judge. He… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
Let our hearts admit, “I am poor and weak. Satan is too subtle, too cunning, too powerful; he watches constantly for advantages… — John Owen Copy Share Image
I treat anger, grief and strife as a sin, so I let all that go and I am no longer living a… — Kam Williams Copy Share Image
Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Jesus did not identify the person with his sin, but rather saw in this sin something alien, something that really did not… — Helmut Thielicke Copy Share Image
Revenge is a common passion; it is the sin of the uninstructed. The savage deems it noble;but the religion of Christ, which… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
“Fear not, brothers and sisters, God, who is full of grace and abounding in steadfast love, meets us in our sin and… — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share Image
He, then, that would really, thoroughly, and acceptably mortify any disquieting lust, let him take care to be equally diligent in all… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Repentance allows God's mercy to come forth because it recognizes that the sin committed was against God. It also bares contriteness of… — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
“It's like an addiction, one I battle every day. It appeared at first drink. I was becoming the very thing I feared---my… — Sara Ella Copy Share Image
Once you have grace," I said to him, "you are free. Without it, you cannot help doing the things you know you… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I tell you, my friends, it's a sin to pray for the USA. And nobody that's intelligent, and that fears God, will… — Fred Phelps Copy Share Image
“We sometimes fear to bring our troubles to God, because they must seem small to Him who sitteth on the circle of… — R.A. Torrey Copy Share Image
But have you never noticed that when one has been trying to do something really good one is much nearer committing some… — Geraldine Jewsbury Copy Share Image
I think the Buddhist ethic is clearer and more systematic in some ways. The Buddhist notion is that our chief problems are… — Ninian Smart Copy Share Image
And according as we say, "Our Father," because He is The Father of those who understand and believe; so also we call… — Cyprian Copy Share Image
Who hated sin more than the saints? But they did not hate the sinners at the same time, nor condemn them, nor… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
The cumulative weight of all mortal sins--past, present, and future--pressed upon that perfect, sinless, and sensitive Soul! All our infirmities and sicknesses… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Christ prayed for those that crucified Him: 'Father, count not this sin against them; they know not what they do.' Archdeacon Stephen… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
Repentance out of mere fear is really sorrow for the consequences of sin, sorrow over the danger of sin — it bends… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Do you understand what God has done? He has deposited a Christ seed in you. As it grows you will change. It's… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed him for pride… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
When my conscience under the Holy Spirit makes me aware of a specific sin I should at once call that sin sin… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
You take this meat eating. Many people have to kill the animals because of your non-vegetarianism. You are responsible for the death… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
If, in the case of the worst sinners and those who formerly sinned much against God, when afterwards they believe, the remission… — Cyprian Copy Share Image
When old companions, old lusts, and sins crowd in upon you, and when you feel that you are ready to sink, what… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne Copy Share Image
