“That he who means to be a Christian indeed, must endeavour to maintain the power of holiness and righteousness in his life… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Holy solitaries' is a phrase no more consistent with the Gospel than holy adulterers. The Gospel of Christ knows no religion but… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Holy people glory, not in their holiness, but in Christ's cross; for the holiest saint is never more than a justified sinner… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Woman was the Church's rival, the temptress, the distraction, the obstacle to holiness, the Devil's decoy. — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Love for God is obedience; love for God is holiness. To love God and to love man is to be conformed to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The preaching that ignores the doctrine of Hell lowers the holiness of God and degrades the work of Christ. — Paul Stewart Copy Share Image
There are the saints of every day, the 'hidden' saints, a sort of 'middle class of holiness'... to which we can all… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
That it is not same-gender relationships that are destroying marriage. What is actually destroying marriage is high unemployment, incarceration, a lack of… — Otis Moss III Copy Share Image
Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. And I love at least one night by the Christmas tree to sing… — Amy Grant Copy Share Image
“his classic book Holiness, J.C. Ryle says, “Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find… — Ronnie Martin Copy Share Image
The Holy Spirit has a sanctifying influence. The influence of the Holy Spirit tends towards sanctification, purity and holiness. Expect to live… — Dag Heward-Mills Copy Share Image
God created us to be worshipers because it is right that he be known, loved and worshiped. This isn't because he is… — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
When I forget the power of the word, I read Frederick Buechner. When I forget the deep relief of telling the truth,… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
When the saint ceases to seek after holiness, purity, righteousness, truth; when he ceases to pray, stops reading the Word and gives… — Smith Wigglesworth Copy Share Image
God hath work to do in this world; and to desert it because of its difficulties and entanglements, is to cast off… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The leaf that spreads in the light is the only holiness there is. I haven't found holiness in the faiths of mortals,… — Kage Baker Copy Share Image
You see how many are the benefits of baptism, and some think its heavenly grace consists only in the remission of sins,… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
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
“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
The tongue is a small member, but it does big things. A religious who does not keep silence will never attain holiness;… — Mary Faustina Kowalska Copy Share Image
“In “The Cost of Discipleship” Dietrich Bonhoeffer makes it clear that grace is free, but it is not cheap. The grace of… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“The aim is to love God because the pure heart loves loving God and because the true mind knows He deserves it.… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
We face so many challenges in life: poverty, distress, humiliation, the struggle for justice, persecutions, the difficulty of daily conversion, the effort… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I begin to understand as never before that holiness is made of dailiness, of living life as it comes to me, not… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
“The true essence of who you are, balances itself upon a cushion of purity, benevolence, and holiness.” — Gary Gordon Copy Share Image
God’s holiness, then, is not only the opposite of evil; it is the measure by which we know evil to be evil. — David F. Wells Copy Share Image
Do you want to learn holiness with terrible struggles and sore affliction and the plague of much remaining evil? Then wait before… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
“Nationalism is an animal trait, not a human one - sacredness is a secular practice, not sectarian - culture is an act… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Not in purity or in holiness merely, for in Paradise man was holy, and he shall be holy when redeemed through the… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
Sanctification will be drudgery unless we believe that holiness is possible and that it is pleasing to God. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
God has linked holiness and happiness; and what God has joined together we must not think to put asunder. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The foundation of our love for the Lord lies in the recognition of His holiness, our sinfulness, and His grace. — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
The reason for your entire salvation, the design behind your deliverance, the purpose for which God chose you in the first place… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
Praise adds nothing to your holiness, nor does blame take anything from it. You are what you are, and you cannot be… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Lose everything, even the attachment to holiness, so that you aim only at one thing: to love — Chiara Lubich Copy Share Image
It is God’s omnipotence, His consuming holiness, and His right to judge that make Him worthy to be feared. — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
Happiness comes from holiness. You can't truly be happy unless you're hungry for Jesus Christ. — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
We've lost the wow of God because we've lost the woe of God. His perfect holiness helps us truly appreciate His amazing… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
He that sees the beauty of holiness or true moral good ,sees the greatest and most important thing in the world. — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
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