The Christian faith is meant to be lived moment by moment. It isn't some broad, general outline--it's a long walk with a… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
Man is the individualised expression or reflection of God imaged forth and made manifest in bodily form. How is it, then, I… — Ralph Waldo Trine Copy Share Image
For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God [Gen. 3:1-7], while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself… — John Stott Copy Share Image
“All of nature, therefore, is good, since the Creator of all nature is supremely good. But nature is not supremely and immutably… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
Before We end our pilgrimage, 'tis fit that we Should leave corruption, and foul sin, behind us, But with wash'd feet and… — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
Sin is to a nature what blindness is to an eye. The blindness of an evil or defect which is a witness… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The first sign that you are becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful. When a man is gloomy, that may be… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I wondered if he could ever understand that it was a blessing, not a sin, to be graced with more than one… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
If Christ has died for me, ungodly as I am, without strength as I am, then I cannot live in sin any… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
But all the other frenzies of passions-impious both toward the bodies and toward the sexes-beyond the laws of nature, we banish not… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
Following Jesus means taking up one's own cross to accompany him on his path, an uncomfortable path that is not one of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Billions of years ago God was creating universes and life; thousands of years ago he was creating angry floods, sin-saving human sacrifices… — Trevor Treharne Copy Share Image
Some well-meaning Christians tremble for their salvation, because they have never gone through that valley of tears and of sorrow, which they… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Christianity affirms that at the heart of reality is a Heart, a loving Father who works through history for the salvation of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
O Woe to his blinded soul! Saying this, he as it were said to God: "Thou Thyself are guilty, because the woman… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
Just as gold tarnished in depth (cf. Jms. 5:3) cannot be properly purified and restored to its proper brightness unless it is… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
God has defeated Satan through the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Through this overwhelming victory, God has also empowered… — John C. Broger Copy Share Image
What a wonderful time to be young. You will see events in your lifetime that will test your courage and extend your… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
The more we realize we are loved, the more ashamed we are not to love back. The more we sin as a… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a long path to perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment; every… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
No economic activity was more irrepressible [in the 14th century] than the investment and lending at interest of money; it was the… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
I infer that God's decrees, and the necessity of event flowing thence, neither destroy the true free-agency of men, nor render the… — Augustus Toplady Copy Share Image
I do think it imperative that you recover from fear of rejection. Forgive me, but that is the sin of pride, and… — John Farrar Copy Share Image
We've fallen for the devil's lie. His most basic strategy, the same one he employed with Adam and Eve, is to make… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
The Lord sometimes allows people who are devoted to Him to fall into such dreadful vices; and this is in order to… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
To believe in Jesus is to accept what he says, even when it runs contrary to what others are saying. It means… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“When I'm brave and strong, and care for children and the sick and the poor, I become a better person. And when… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
Mercy can purge the soul of sin, making room for a fresh start. Truth is vital in order that we have an… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Learn to laugh. Seriousness is a sin, and it is a disease. Laughter has tremendous beauty, a lightness. It will bring lightness… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Many Christians backslide...They are unable to stand against the temptations of the world, or of their old nature. They strive to do… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
The church was custom built by Jesus, and we are all works in progress. We do not expect people to get their… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
Yes, this world is truly terrible, which is why the pure and the holy come bravely forward: They have decided to eradicate… — Zhang Xianliang Copy Share Image
Hatred is always a sin, my mother told me. Remember that. One drop of hatred in your soul will spread and discolor… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
Avoid the politic, the factious fool, The busy, buzzing, talking harden'd knave; The quaint smooth rogue that sins against his reason, Calls… — Thomas Otway Copy Share Image
Take this to heart and doubt not that you are the one who killed Christ. Your sins certainly did, and when you… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Judge yourself and beware of passing judgement on others. In judging others we expend our energy to no purpose; we are often… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Here is the life of prayer, when in or with the Spirit, a man being made sensible of sin, and how to… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
Use your health while you have it, my dear friend and brother. Do not cast away peculiar opportunities that may never come… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne Copy Share Image
Men perish with whispering sins-nay, with silent sins, sins that never tell the conscience that they are sins, as often with crying… — John Donne Copy Share Image
Belts distract the eye from a bloated tummy, a heavy-set upper body and all manner of sins. They can be a superb… — Twiggy Copy Share Image
![“For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God [Gen. 3:1-7], while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man [2 Cor. 5:21]. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man…” quote by John Stott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d25/john-stott-1926_assertion_for-the-essence-of-sin-is-man-substituti_715800.jpg)
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