I sometimes hold it half a sin To put in words the grief I feel For words, like nature, half reveal And… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
Know for a certainty that if men understood how terrible is even one solitary sin, they would rather be cast into a… — Catherine of Genoa Copy Share Image
Baptism is not to be conferred on a man who is unwilling to give up his other sins, so neither should Baptism… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Landscaping is the great cardinal sin of modern architecture. It's not your garden, it's not a park - it's a formless patch… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
Within each of us exists the image of God, however disfigured and corrupted by sin it may presently be. God is able… — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
Concluding a short series on sin: It is appalling to think of a power so strong that it can annihilate with the… — Charles Brent Copy Share Image
“Because the sacred fire that lights all nature liveliest of all in its own image glows. All these prerogatives the human creature… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
One lesson we learn early, that in spite of seeming difference, men are all of one pattern. We readily assume this with… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Even the highest forms of sacrificial worship present much that is repulsive to modern ideas, and in particular it requires an effort… — William Robertson Smith Copy Share Image
If you cannot find time to pray, ask for forgiveness. Ask to be cleansed of the sin of having no time to… — Corrie Ten Boom Copy Share Image
“Certainly we struggle as victims of other people’s unkindness. We have been sinned against. But we cannot excuse our sinful responses to… — Larry Crabb Copy Share Image
How is it, that for many of us, being a good Christian is nothing more than being a good person? The entire… — Erwin McManus Copy Share Image
Riches and the things that are necessary in life are not evil in themselves. And all of us face cares and troubles… — David Wilkerson Copy Share Image
People who are obsessed are raw with God; they do not attempt to mask the ugliness of their sins or their failures.… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
“Every good relationship we have is a gift of God's grace. Left to ourselves, nothing good would happen. Our problem has everything… — Timothy S. Lane Copy Share Image
REDEMPTION, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin, through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned .… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
However long the horror continued, one must not get to the stage of refusing to think about it. To shrink from direct… — Jan Struther Copy Share Image
“Spiritual pride tends to speak of other persons’ sins with bitterness or with laughter and levity and an air of contempt. But… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God. No one sins out of duty. We sin because… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“The truth hurts sometimes. If we are going to be taught by God, the fisherman, we first need to be captured by… — Donald H. Calloway Copy Share Image
“In the 1640s, a formerly pious London teenager named Sarah Wight suffered four years of spiritual agonies. As she recalled: ‘I could… — Alec Ryrie Copy Share Image
“...It is the one time Dante calls such explicit attention to the idea of contrapasso-a word for which we have no exact… — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
As for the general view that the Church was discredited by the War—they might as well say that the Ark was discredited… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The dictionary describes a selfish person as one who is 'concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself: seeking pleasure or well-being without regard… — H. Burke Peterson Copy Share Image
Christianity, Christ, heaven, hell, the judgment, sin, holiness, God,--these, and whether they be true, or false, and our personal relations to them,… — Herrick Johnson Copy Share Image
Seminary also introduced me to the historical study of Jesus and Christian origins. I learned from my professors and the readings they… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
The murder clearance rate now in my city Baltimore is almost non-existent. Nobody can solve a murder, nobody can do any actual… — David Simon Copy Share Image
“The Pelagianizing Romanist says, Lust, or concupiscence, brings forth sin, therefore it cannot be sin, because the mother cannot be the child.… — Charles Porterfield Krauth Copy Share Image
But if fate won’t be denied...if it’s set, how could there be infinite possibilities? (Kat) Only certain aspects are fated. The outcome… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
We sometimes confuse sin with sinner, and we condemn too quickly and with too little compassion. We know from modern revelation that… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
It is right that man should love those who have offended him. He will do so when he remembers that all men… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
We’re seeking — imperfectly at every turn, no doubt — an incarnational theology, a theology that brings radical good news of great… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Do not put off any longer confessing all your sins, for death will soon come. Give and it will be given you;… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
“The devil can get you through your flesh. He knows the button to press on your flesh and have a way into… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The spirit of revelation is available to every person who receives by proper priesthood authority the saving ordinances of baptism by immersion… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
“Dear church, John the baptist died for exposing the sins of others. Jesus died to actually pay for the sins of others.… — Carlos A. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
One of the greatest possible sins would be to return to God the life which he has given us with our abilities… — Sterling W Sill Copy Share Image
To obtain salvation we must tremble at the thought of being lost, and tremble not so much at the thought of hell,… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
If you desire anything less for yourself than absolute obedience to God, a life of total devotion to the Lord, a life… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
What do I mean by sin? Answer: Any human condition or act that robs God of glory by stripping one of His… — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
