The modern-day gospel says, 'God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life. Therefore, follow these steps, and you can… — David Platt Copy Share Image
A Christian anarchist has no business belonging to such a reactionary organization [the Catholic Church]. I do not believe in original sin,… — Ammon Hennacy Copy Share Image
But Adam and Eve thought that it was they who were determining the course they would follow, that they were only exercising… — Robert L. Reymond Copy Share Image
“I discovered that everything you do is in response to a request or a suggestion made to you by some other party… — Flann O'Brien Copy Share Image
Following Him is walking in the light and not in darkness. Man on account of sin is in moral and spiritual darkness.… — Arno C. Gaebelein Copy Share Image
"But when you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. 'And I don't quite know… — Moderata Fonte Copy Share Image
...in the words of Max DePree: "Management has a lot to do with answers. But leadership is a function of questions. And… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Our sins are forgiven and we are accepted as righteous by God because of both the sinless life and sin-bearing death of… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
War rages on the teeming earth; The hot and sanguinary fight Begins with each new creature's birth: A dreadful war where might… — Mathilde Blind Copy Share Image
Almost every sin is committed for the sake of sensual pleasure; and sensual pleasure is overcome by hardship and distress arising either… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anything that effects our decisions besides that of the Glory of God and His Will Alone is an idol. Why are people… — David Wilkerson Copy Share Image
And when children begin to use their reason, fathers and mothers should take great pains to fill their hearts with the fear… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
That your enemies have been created is God's doing; that they hate you and wish to ruin you is their own doing.… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
In the Great Deluge in the days of Noah, nearly all mankind perished, eight persons alone being saved in the Ark. In… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
And this food is called among us the Eucharist, of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes… — Justin Martyr Copy Share Image
The greatest sin is appearing naive or old-fashioned so that somebody can give you a sort of a very cool arch smile… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
To the artist He is the one altogether lovely, and to the educator He is the master teacher. To the philosopher He… — John Gerstner Copy Share Image
The ragamuffin gospel reveals that Jesus forgives sins, including the sins of the flesh; that He is comfortable with sinners who remember… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Alfred Nobel - pitiable half-creature, should have been stifled by humane doctor when he made his entry yelling into life. Greatest merits:… — Alfred Nobel Copy Share Image
At some thoughts one stands perplexed, especially at the sight of men's sin, and wonders whether one should use force or humble… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
God reveals to His prophets that there are moral absolutes. Sin will always be sin. Disobedience to the Lord’s commandments will always… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
“I grew up believing Christians didn’t just believe in Jesus. To be saved, people had to look and speak a certain way.… — Anna White Copy Share Image
Setting aside the vast herd which shows no definable character at all, it seems to me that the minority distinguished by what… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Of course, some will say the goal [of abolition] is a utopian dream of human perfection. We needn't worry. There will be… — Jonathan Schell Copy Share Image
A wicked mortal is not the idea of God. He is little else than the expression of error. To suppose that sin,… — Mary Baker Eddy Copy Share Image
I would rather commit a sin of commission than a sin of omission, and the evangelical community is exactly the opposite. The… — J.P. Moreland Copy Share Image
“By definition, a human being is endowed with free will. He can use this to choose between good and evil. If he… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
Lucifer protests he was never to blame for inducing anyone to sin, and that he’s never had an interest in owning souls:… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Yet rather than calling the earliest religions, which embraced such an open acceptance of all human sexuality, 'fertility cults,' we might consider… — Merlin Stone Copy Share Image
The way of the Lord is the way of happiness. ‘Wickedness never was happiness’ [Alma 41:10]. Transgression never was happiness. Sin never… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“True Christian fortitude consists in strength of mind, through grace, exerted in two things; in ruling and suppressing the evil and unruly… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“it’s not enough for Christians merely to recognize that the world isn’t what it ought to be and that people are suffering… — Ed Stetzer Copy Share Image
When someone sets his affections upon the cross and the love of Christ, he crucifies the world as a dead and undesirable… — John Owen Copy Share Image
God has decided the rules of life, whereby you don't trespass on anybody else's rights, and sin is something that upsets the… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
To pine for an alternative past is a waste of energy. In the pristine world of your infinite spiritual self, there is… — Stuart Wilde Copy Share Image
“The Christian does not avoid sin to achieve salvation, but rather salvation brings him to a desire not to sin. The closer… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Every person in the world is by nature a slave to sin. The world, by nature, is held in sin's grip. What… — Joel Beeke Copy Share Image
This I know; God cannot sin, because his doing a thing makes it just, and consequently, no sin… And therefore it is… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
It is one thing to mourn for sin because it exposes us to hell, and another to mourn for it because it… — Gardiner Spring Copy Share Image
If a man, holding a belief which he was taught in childhood or persuaded of afterwards, keeps down and pushes away any… — William Kingdon Clifford Copy Share Image
![“A Christian anarchist has no business belonging to such a reactionary organization [the Catholic Church]. I do not believe in original sin, indulgences, the infallibility of the pope, or obedience to any church official if it is against my conscience. I am not interested in earning "merit" or in…” quote by Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0f0/ammon-hennacy-33177_anarchist_a-christian-anarchist-has-no-business-be_2906303.png)
![“Of course, some will say the goal [of abolition] is a utopian dream of human perfection. We needn't worry. There will be more than enough sins left for everyone to commit after we have taken nuclear bombs away from ourselves.” quote by Jonathan Schell](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5c2/jonathan-schell-29900_abolition_of-course-some-will-say-the-goal-of-abol_3165936.jpg)
![“The way of the Lord is the way of happiness. ‘Wickedness never was happiness’ [Alma 41:10]. Transgression never was happiness. Sin never was happiness. Disobedience never was happiness. The way of happiness is following the way of the Lord. I believe this with all my heart.” quote by Gordon B. Hinckley](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8e9/gordon-b-hinckley-331_believe_the-way-of-the-lord-is-the-way-of-happin_193229.jpg)
