“They have been fulfilled in Christ, so we must determine their theological purposes and apply them to current situations. We need holiness… — Grant R. Osborne Copy Share Image
“As for instance, that notion that there is a Christ, and that Christ is holy and gracious, is conveyed to the mind… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
The world calls for, and expects from us, simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
The idea is to find some bit of holiness in everything-food, sex, earning and spending money, having children, conversations with friends. Everything… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
The sacred is not in heaven or far away. It is all around us, and small human rituals can connect us to… — Alma Luz Villanueva 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
The holiness of the church means that life, as well as truth, marks Christ’s church; the behavior of Christians in the world… — Edmund Clowney Copy Share Image
“Transfixed by the bright gaze of a lizard, I become calm. This stone on which the lizard lies was under the sea… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
If God gives you an abundant harvest of trials, it is a sign of great holiness which He desires you to attain.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Only at the cross of Christ does man see fully what it is that separates him from God; yet it is here… — Emil Brunner Copy Share Image
In the matter of fellowship God looks not at how much we apprehend of His will but rather at what our attitude… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
... you... are stones of the temple of the Father, prepared for the Father's building, and drawn up on high by the… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
“Seeing the God statement Suppose the statement Blessed Are the pure in heart, for they shall see God were placed like a… — Pattiann Rogers Copy Share Image
“if the Holy One of Israel is in the business of making a holy people for himself—then why does it seem unlikely… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
It says in this world you will have trouble in John 16:33 but take heart you can have peace in me because… — Alan Chambers Copy Share Image
“If the possibility of holiness is so plain in the Bible, why do we find it so hard to believe? Probably the… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Despair of ever being saved, "except thou be born again," or of seeing God "without holiness," or of having part in Christ… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
Capitalism is of this material world; it provides us with the means to live; it empowers us within the known world of… — Stephen Young Copy Share Image
“God's holiness is not an unloving holiness, and God's love is not an unholy love. It is only by keeping these two… — Thomas C. Oden Copy Share Image
Holiness is the strength of the soul. It comes by faith and through obedience to God's laws and ordinances. God then purifies… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
“To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to… — William Temple Copy Share Image
When I read of the vain discussions of the present day about the Virgin Birth and other old dogmas which belong to… — Olympia Brown Copy Share Image
We desperately need to understand something of the magnitude of sin, of evil, and of gross wickedness in this world if we… — Dave Hunt Copy Share Image
Ambition is a gilded misery, a secret poison, a hidden plague, the engineer of deceit, the mother of hypocrisy, the parent of… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
Thirsting desires and longings possessed my soul after perfect holiness. God was so precious to my soul that the world with all… — David Brainerd Copy Share Image
“If they drive God from the earth, we shall shelter Him underground. The Brothers Karamazov Mitya (Dmitri) to Aloysha who visits him… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Dont apologize for living holy! The world wants to make you feel bad for living according to Gods standards and not its… — Lisa Copy Share Image
The main reason, Your Holiness, of why we are here today, is it is not the business of the church to stray… — Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley Copy Share Image
That opinion, which supposes personal sanctification to be unnecessary to final glorification, stands in direct opposition to every dictate of reason, to… — Augustus Toplady Copy Share Image
God is never a God of discouragement. When you have a discouraging spirit or train of thought in your mind, you can… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
If we spend the time we waste in sighing for the perfect golden fruit in fulfilling the conditions of its growth, happiness… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Each of us is accountable to God for our personal holiness. Humbling yourself by letting others into your life and allowing them… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
I would sooner be holy than happy if the two things could be divorced. Were it possible for a man always to… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Our error today is that we do not expect a converted man to be a transformed man, and as a result of… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
It does not seem proper to speak of one attribute of God as being more central and fundamental than another; but if… — Louis Berkhof Copy Share Image
These then are the marks of the ideal Church - love, suffering, holiness, sound doctrine, genuineness, evangelism and humility. They are what… — John Stott Copy Share Image
“He woos, he confronts, he delivers, he heals, he shoots straight, and then he uses intrigue. He lives out before them the… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
Holiness is not just for some select few spiritual giants; it is not just for pious people who sit around all day… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
