I don't see Jesus as rescuing the fallen; I see Jesus as expanding the potential of life. The primary reason the old… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Don’t you have something to do? (Sin) If not for the fact it would result in your breaking every bone in my… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
There is no difficulty that enough LOVE will not conquer, no disease that enough LOVE will not heal, no door that enough… — Emmet Fox Copy Share Image
We don't have a crime problem, a gun problem or even a violence problem. What we have is a sin problem. And… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
“When God says hold up, wait, pray, it’s not your time yet, our entire bodies rebel, legs kicking and flailing like some… — Heather Choate Davis Copy Share Image
Sin, he reflected, is not what it is usually thought to be; it is not to steal and tell lies. Sin is… — Shusaku Endo Copy Share Image
“Once I was free in the shackles of sin: Free to be tempted, just bound to give in; Free to be captive… — John MacArthur Copy Share Image
I don’t see the problem with footballers taking their shirts off after scoring a goal? They enjoy it and the young ladies… — Ian Holloway Copy Share Image
The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his… — David Copy Share Image
I believe that New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to God, that there was to be a homosexual… — John Hagee Copy Share Image
I think there's a ton of things about being Catholic that are hard. Going to Church every week is tough. I'd like… — Lino Rulli Copy Share Image
Evil is neither suffering nor sin; it is both at the same time, it is something common to them both. For they… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
There are two main human sins from which all the others derive: impatience and indolence. It was because of impatience that they… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
Fifty years ago, teachers said their top discipline problems were talking, chewing gum, making noise, and running in the halls. The current… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The Financial Oversight and Management Board represents a cardinal sin against the sovereignty and self-determination of Puerto Rico. It is the single… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
I know that I had not faith, unless the faith of a devil, the faith of Judas, that speculative, notional, airy shadow,… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
“The presence and love of the Word had called them into being; inevitably, therefore when they lost the knowledge of God, they… — Athanasius of Alexandria Copy Share Image
A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and… — Billy Sunday Copy Share Image
It's a horrible idea that God, this paragon of wisdom and knowledge, power, couldn't think of a better way to forgive us… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The story of the gospel is so much better than the legal model suggests. It tells us that we are created as… — Doug Pagitt Copy Share Image
There were sins that were too subtle to be explained, and there were others that were too terrible to be clearly mentioned.… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
This I say, because God showed me somewhat of his truth, in order that I might know what man is without him;… — Catherine of Genoa Copy Share Image
It is better just to get on with the business of living and minding your own business and maybe, if God likes… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
Our inhuman enemy inspires the thought that God loves mankind, and that He quickly forgives this sin. But when we observe the… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
The god which the vast majority of professing Christians love is looked upon very much like an indulgent old man, who himself… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Wraith shoved his hands in his jeans' pockets. "How long before we consider you overdue and mount a rescue party?" "Never." Reaver… — Larissa Ione Copy Share Image
I have grown weary of literature: silence alone comforts me. If I continue to write, it’s because I have nothing more to… — Clarice Lispector Copy Share Image
Most ignorances are vincible, and in the greater number of cases stupidity is what the Buddha pronounced it to be, a sin.… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“I inquired what wickedness is, and I didn't find a substance, but a perversity of will twisted away from the highest substance… — St. Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
Christianity has ever been the enemy of human love; it has forever cursed and expelled and crucified the one passion which sweetens… — Ouida Copy Share Image
At my funeral, if one said, 'Nick was a generous person,' trust me I won't be doing cartwheels in my coffin. Recognition… — Nick Vujicic 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
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
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
“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
“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
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
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
