You don't take your newborn baby, put that baby on your lap, and say, "Now listen, kid, you were born in sin,… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
In a world that has lost a sense of sin, one sin remains: Thou shalt not make people feel guilty (except, of… — Christopher West Copy Share Image
It is important that when we are engaged in admonition or exhortation or confrontation with a brother who is overcome in sin,… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“Freedom from sin is only granted to Christians. Paul's statement in 1 Corinthians 10:13 tells believers that they have not been seized… — Victor Kuligin Copy Share Image
I am as sure as I am of the fact of Christ's reign, that a comprehensive and centralised system of national education,… — Archibald Alexander Hodge Copy Share Image
...and for that they were rich,/And robbed the poor; and for that they were strong,/And scourged the weak; and for that they… — Henry Taylor Copy Share Image
Do not be irritated either with those who sin or those who offend; do not have a passion for noticing every sin… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A human encounter with holiness is devastating. It refuses to allow us to be impressed with the things of the world we’ve… — Todd Agnew Copy Share Image
It was the fashion of the times to attribute every remarkable event to the particular will of the Deity; the alterations of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I think we should love sinners, and welcome them, and open our arms to them, and then we don't totally accept them… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
...we are not without hope of salvation, nor is it at all the right time for us to despair. All our life… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Whether or not you agree that trimming and cooking are likely to lead on to downright forgery, there is little to support… — Charles Thomas Jackson Copy Share Image
Because the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from the dead,… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
[W]e declare it is a grievous sin before God to adopt restrictive measures in disobedience to God's divine command from the beginning… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
To be guilty of the sin of prayerlessness is to be guilty of the worst form of practical atheism. It is actually… — Bruce Willis Copy Share Image
Devil does not bring sinners to Hell with their eyes open: he first blinds them with the malice of their own sins.… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
“The modern world has forgotten the necessity of encouraging men to be better. They speak of sick men or healthy men, of… — Francis Beauchesne Thornton Copy Share Image
The Bible portrays God as entering into covenants with people which, when broken, causes him grief and sorrow. The biblical prophet Hosea… — Roger E. Olson Copy Share Image
The Bible is one long story of God meeting our rebellion with His rescue, our sin with His salvation, our guilt with… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
If you are penitent, you love. And if you love you are of God. All things are atoned for, all things are… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Suppose you found your brother in bed with your wife, and put a javelin through both of them. You would be justified,… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
The witch-hunt was a perverse manifestation of the panic which set in among all classes when the balance began to turn toward… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
It is one thing to have sin alarmed only by convictions, and another to have it crucified by converting grace. Many, because… — Joseph Alleine Copy Share Image
Our God is a God of love. He waits with open arms, and the unfolding of His merciful plan of salvation is… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
People who carry a musical soul about them are, I think, more receptive than others. They smile more readily. One feels in… — Catherine Drinker Bowen Copy Share Image
Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the sin, but… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
By the sympathy of your human hearts for sin ye shall scent out all the places whether in church, bedchamber, street,… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Entropy is one of the laws of thermodynamics. It's a physical law that says everything in nature is moving from order to… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
This is the reason why it is crucial to distinguish anger from hatred. There is a kind of anger (nonsinful kind) which...is… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
For it was thy sin, and the sin of all the world, that lay upon our Redeemer, and his sacrifice and satisfaction… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
It is a fact that the Lord Jesus has already died for you. It is also a fact that you have already… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
According to the spirit of this age, the ultimate sin is no longer the failure to honor and thank God but the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Though Satan instils his poison, and fans the flames of our corrupt desires within us,we are yet not carried by any external… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ was the only one capable of performing the magnificent Atonement because He was the only perfect man and the Only… — Cecil O. Samuelson Copy Share Image
We often wonder that certain men and women are left by God to the commission of sins that shock us. We wonder… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves… — Samuel Hopkins Copy Share Image
A woman who fears the Lord will not run away from God to satisfy her longings and relieve her anxieties. She will… — John Piper Copy Share Image
One thing I have learned in institutions is not to press hard on the fact that their inmates are, like the rest… — Mary B. Harris Copy Share Image
“Kama damu haina maana kwa nini Mungu anaipenda? Kama damu haina maana kwa nini Shetani anaipenda? Mungu ni roho, Shetani ni roho,… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
God promises the Holy Spirit to us who believe in Christ, and the Spirit guides us in understanding. But within this life… — Vern Poythress Copy Share Image