I preach on specific sins because people are not convicted by sermons on sin in general. It was when our Lord said… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
God's righteousness and His unchangeable law make Christianity a stumbling block for many. Organizations and individuals carry a political and moral agenda… — Carman Copy Share Image
The bud, though plucked, would not be withered, only transplanted to a fitter soil to ripen and blow beneath a brighter sun;… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
So Jesus came and modelled a lifestyle of power and purity because the power of the Spirit of God was on him.… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
The soul of man, like the bird in the shell, is still growing or ripening in sin or grace, till at last… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
Sanctification is that inward spiritual work which the Lord Jesus Christ works in a man by the Holy Spirit when He calls… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Temptation can be tormenting, but remember: The torment of temptation to sin is nothing to compare with the torment of the consequences… — Edwin Louis Cole Copy Share Image
A little thorn may cause much suffering. A little cloud may hide the sun. Little foxes spoil the vines; and little sins… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
We need to gather everyone we can. Damien scoffed. Uh, boss, hate to be a pall, but I think everyone we can… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
You know, Sage, Jesus didn't tell us to forgive everyone. He said turn the other cheek, but only if you the one… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
A man met a lad weeping. "What do you weep for?" he asked. "I am weeping for my sins," said the lad.… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
To cite the facts of history is to fall prey to 'moral equivalence,' or 'political correctness,' or 'the error of of atheism,'… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Secondly, man sins against nature when he goes against his generic nature, that is to say, his animal nature. Now, it is… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Old Khayyám, say you, is a debauchee;If only you were half so good as he!He sins no sins but gentle drunkenness,Great-hearted mirth,… — Omar Khayyam Copy Share Image
The solution to staying on the right side of the fine line between using and abusing grace is repentance. The road to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I cannot regret it. They tell us in the temple that true joy is found only in freedom from the Wheel that… — Marion Zimmer Bradley Copy Share Image
“Penance is a sacrifice, a voluntary punishment to show remorse for a sin. The more grievous the sin, the greater the self-inflicted… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
If we believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the only begotten Son of God and that He came into this world and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Bible must be the invention of either good men or angels, bad men or devils, or of God. It could not… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Every soul that is born into flesh is soiled by the filth of wickedness and sin. . . . In the Church,… — Origen Copy Share Image
Awareness means that whatsoever is happening in the moment is happening with complete consciousness; you are present there. If you are present… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
O admirable Mother of God! How many sins have I committed for which thou hast obtained pardon for me, and how many… — John Eudes Copy Share Image
Searching for a better description of this rotting sadness, I came upon the concept of acedia. In Christian theology, it’s an antecedent… — Mishka Copy Share Image
We have accounts of the deification of men in pagan mythology. But I do not remember any account of a god becoming… — A. C. Dixon Copy Share Image
The gospel is saying that, what man cannot do in order to be accepted with God, this God Himself has done for… — Graeme Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Faith is a fruit, work, or gift of the Spirit of God, whereby a poor soul is enabled through the mighty operation… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
Talking about sexual morality, I wouldn't agree that it's declining, but it's certainly changing. Young and old, we are very much in… — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
To restore man, who had been laid low by sin, to the heights of divine glory, the Word of the eternal Father,… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
I hear you reproach, "But delay was best, For their end was a crime." Oh, a crime will do As well, I… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
The corruption of the good by the belief in their own infallible goodnes is the most bloody dangerous pitfall in the human… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
“We are not only contingent beings, dependent on the love and will of a Creator whom we cannot know experientially except in… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Three or four million heads of households don't turn into tramps and cheats overnight, nor do they lose the habits and standards… — Harry Hopkins Copy Share Image
Do you think that your sin is hidden away? Do you think that men will never know it? Well, you should remember… — John R. Rice Copy Share Image
How does God save His people from the pleasure of sin? The answer is, “By imparting to them a nature which hates… — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
“My Lady, you certainly tell me about wonderful constancy, strength and virtue and firmness of women, so can one say the same… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
I beseech Thee, my God, I would fain know, if so Thou willest, for what purpose my baptism was then deferred? was… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
True repentance has as its constituent elements not only grief and hatred of sin, but also an apprehension of the mercy of… — William Mackergo Taylor Copy Share Image
For what accords better and more aptly with faith than to acknowledge ourselves divested of all virtue that we may be clothed… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The most heinous crime of the Church has been perpetrated not against churchmen but against churchgoers. With its poisonous concepts of sin… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
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