“Sin gains power over us not by its indomitable force but by our divided heart.” — Bryan Chapell Copy Share Image
I won't stick around to see how much temptation I can take. God is not impressed with my ability to stand up… — Joshua Harris Copy Share Image
It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us. — Adam Clarke Copy Share Image
And yet, you do not throw out some of the great minds of the Church - and people in Church history -… — Walter Martin 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
The interesting thing about fake news and fake media is that it's a heresy against reality. Again, as a Catholic, I was… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
In a way, 'Sin City''s designed to be paced somewhere between an American comic book and Japanese manga. Working in black and… — Frank Miller Copy Share Image
The greatness of prayer is nothing but an extension of the greatness and glory of God in our lives To fail to… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Sin is in itself separation from the good, but despair over sin is separation a second time. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
The prostitute is the scapegoat for everyone's sins, and few people care whether she is justly treated or not. Good people have… — Alison Roberta Noble Neilans Copy Share Image
Now, neighbor confines, purge you of your scum! Have you a ruffian that will swear, drink, dance, revel the night, rob, murder,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
No man will say, "There is no God" 'till he is so hardened in sin that it has become his interest that… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
To be godless is probably the first step to innocence," he said, "to lose the sense of sin and subordination, the false… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
It is hard living down the tempers we are born with. We all begin well, for in our youth there is nothing… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Christianity is, I believe, about expanded life, heightened consciousness and achieving a new humanity. It is not about closed minds, supernatural interventions,… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Overcoming sin, blessed though it surely is, is but the bare minimum of a believers experience. There is nothing astonishing in it.… — Watchman Nee 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
“First, people should open their eyes to see structural sin, which is the very existence of a First and Third World. As… — Mev Puleo Copy Share Image
It doesn’t honor God to pretend everything is OK. That’s the beauty of Jesus that so many people miss. The beauty is… — John Mark McMillan Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ never died for our good works. They were not worth dying for. But he gave himself for our sins, according… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
There is an important difference between the sorrow for sin that leads to repentance and the sorrow that leads to despair. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
There'd be a lot less scandal if people didn't idealize sin and pose as sinners. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The good Lord send out a spirit of mortification to cure our distempers, or we are in a sad condition! — John Owen Copy Share Image
It's easier for our brains to have a list of rules and say, "If we keep these rules, we're in, and if… — Mark Lowry Copy Share Image
The curse of Adam and Eve that fell upon the earth because of their sin will be lifted when Christ returns. — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
You will always know whether you are delivered from the guilt of sin by answering this question: Am I delivered from the… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I am not what I ought to be! Ah! how imperfect and deficient! - I am not what I wish to be!… — John Newton Copy Share Image
Silence, as someone has said, is the mother of prayer and the nurse of holy thoughts. Silence cuts down on our sins,… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Our sin reached its full horror and found its most awful expression in the cross. — Colin S. Smith Copy Share Image
If you excuse yourself in confession, you shut up sin within your soul, and shut out pardon. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“...when it comes time for punishment for our sins, surely it's only the person who's done wrong who's expected to pay?" Sister… — Elizabeth Ludwig Copy Share Image
There is a what-the-hell moment in life when you feel you have been pre-punished for every sin you'll ever commit. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
If you take care of yourself and walk with integrity, you may be confident that God will deal with those who sin… — Warren W. Wiersbe Copy Share Image
And this food is called among us the Eucharist, of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes… — Justin Martyr Copy Share Image
PAIN was no longer a cause of suffering, but a source of pleasure, Because they were redeeming humanity from its sins. Pain… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Presidents and presidential assassins are like Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. Even though one city is all about sin and the… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
I heard a loud noise in the heavens, and the Spirit instantly appeared to me and said the Serpent was loosened, and… — Nat Turner Copy Share Image
It is better to be affected with a true penitent sorrow for sin than to be able to resolve the most difficult… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous. It should be left to the congenitally sinful, who know when… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
