You are an instrument of God. Don't leave the instrument sitting in its case, my son. Play! Leave no part of your… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
Now for my own case, I bless the Lord that, for all that hath been said of me, my conscience doth not… — Donald Cargill Copy Share Image
How often have I been guilty of being the Holy Spirit in their lives? It is my job along with my husbands… — Carolyn Mahaney Copy Share Image
I often think of death. True. Suicide is a reasonable option. True. My sins are unpardonable. I stare at the question. My… — James Frey 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
God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race,… — John Calvin 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
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
“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
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
“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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
![“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/quotes/img-quotes/8e9/gordon-b-hinckley-331_believe_the-way-of-the-lord-is-the-way-of-happin_193229.jpg)
![“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/quotes/img-quotes/5c2/jonathan-schell-29900_abolition_of-course-some-will-say-the-goal-of-abol_3165936.jpg)
![“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)
