“If God spares us as a father does his son, let us imitate God. It is natural for children to imitate their… — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
“Believing in the possibility of resurrection and eternal life, Christians seek ‘redemption’ through moral behaviour. But moral behaviour does not, in itself,… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
“I wasn't afraid of you!' Ryan protested. 'I was half intimidated, half infatuated, and I didn't know how to act because of… — Sonny Hassell Copy Share Image
As priestcraft was always the enemy of knowledge, because priestcraft supports itself by keeping people in delusion and ignorance, it was consistent… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“When man subverted order he did a great deal more than merely fall away from the rationality of his nature, diminish his… — Étienne Gilson Copy Share Image
So what’s the use of repentance, and what do you care for goodness, and what if you should die in a quake,… — John Fante Copy Share Image
Love and ever more love is the only solution to every problem that comes up. If we love each other enough, we… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
Let us, then, who in Baptism have both died and been buried in respect to the carnal sins of the old man,… — Cyprian Copy Share Image
It was Christianity which first painted the devil on the worlds walls; It was Christianity which first brought sin into the world.… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Have we forgotten our calling? (2 Cor. 5:19-20) Remember that your first and foremost calling is to proclaim the gospel of Jesus… — Kay Arthur Copy Share Image
Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
When you see a nation deep in sexual sin, pervasively affirming of homosexuality, and the insanity of a reprobate mind, where they… — John MacArthur Copy Share Image
Being a member of a church means realizing that we are responsible for helping the brothers and sisters around us to grow… — David Platt Copy Share Image
May you be children of God, pure and unblameable, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation (cf. Phil. 1:15): and… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
I am pleased as punch no longer to believe in a god who declares reason a sin, who will not choose many… — Ruth Hurmence Green Copy Share Image
Our Savior invites us on a daily basis to cleanse our names and return to His presence. His encouragement is full of… — Mervyn B. Arnold Copy Share Image
While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think we crushed ourselves down over the centuries. Buried ourselves under greed and hate and whatever other sins we could find… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
No age has been more prone to confuse the sin with the sinner, not by hating the sinner along with the sin… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
It seemed to Scobie that life was immeasurably long. Couldn’t the test of man have been carried out in fewer years? Couldn’t… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Common grace curbs the destructive power of sin, maintains in a measure the moral order of the universe, thus making an orderly… — Louis Berkhof Copy Share Image
The law showeth unto us our sins, and maketh known unto us our miserable estate and wretchedness, and how that there is… — Daniel Cawdry Copy Share Image
God is near at hand when you do approach Him in prayer. Oh, comforting truth! A God at hand to hear the… — Octavius Winslow Copy Share Image
Parents create guilt. That is the greatest sin against humanity. To create guilt in a child is criminal because once the guilt… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“We all colour devotion according to our own likings and dispositions. One man sets great value on fasting, and believes himself to… — Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
... the prevalent custom of educating young women only for marriage, and not for the duties and responsibilities consequent on marriage--only for… — Harriot Kezia Hunt Copy Share Image
“Ah, yes. That. The sin of being happy or excited. According to my father, we must guard carefully against such things. According… — Catherine Ryan Hyde Copy Share Image
I had to de-program myself. From myself. Had to reinvent rituals of purification. So full of the vagrant pollutions of others. It… — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
But privately when things got very bad I often looked into books to see whether I could find some helpful words, and… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Trials and tribulations offer us a chance to make reparation for our past faults and sins. On such occasions the Lord comes… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
God will forgive you if you ask him to. Though your sins be numerous as the grains of sand on the shore,… — Patrick Madrid Copy Share Image
“Pride measures prosperity not by her own advantages but by the disadvantages of others. She would not even wish to be a… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
Heavy laden -- that's what I am. Laden with pride, often thinking myself better than others while we have to think the… — Diet Eman Copy Share Image
It is Christ's atonement that makes it possible for us to be forgiven of our sins and His resurrection that gives us… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for a second; that second for a third; and so on, till… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If you do not join the dancing you will feel foolish. So why not dance? And i will tell you a secret:… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
One of the greatest sins in any story is false suspense. The kind of 'suspense' that disintegrates the moment you give your… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
We started America with the sin of slavery that led right into the post-reconstruction period which was the greatest period of domestic… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
As with the government failures that made 9/11 possible, neglecting to prevent the crash of '08 was a sin of omission -… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Don't punish people who repent; heal them. I don't believe that private sin requires public rebuke or removal from office if repentance… — Ted Haggard Copy Share Image
