“The flesh,' as Saint Paul used the term, refers, ironically, not to our bodies but to fallen human nature. The 'carnal' spirit… — Thomas Howard Copy Share Image
Maybe [Sodom and Gomorrah] isn't really about homosexuality, but about rape. If the angels had been female, and the men of Sodom… — Alex Sanchez Copy Share Image
Baptism is rich in meaning. It suggests cleansing. When you are a disciple, you understand that you are cleansed by Christ. You… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
The Church has opposed every innovation and discovery from the day of Galileo down to our own time, when the use of… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If God were to exist for the entire humanity, he would be profoundly vile, as he allows the existence of unfathomable sin,… — Kedar Joshi Copy Share Image
You are born supernaturally through faith, by the grace of God, into the kingdom of righteousness; but you are born a little… — Charles Henry Fowler Copy Share Image
The past is discredited because it is not modern. Not to be modern is the great sin. So, perhaps, it is. But… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to… — Olive Schreiner Copy Share Image
The least sin should humble the soul, but certainly the greatest sin should never discourage the soul, much less should it work… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
I do not want "Mormonism" to become popular; I would not, if I could, make it as popular as the Roman Catholic… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Man, do not pride yourself on your superiority to the animals, for they are without sin, while you, with all your greatness,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I don't think anybody'd remember and certainly do know everybody'd lie. The reason I'm so bitter and, as I said, 'in anguish,'… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
“If now we attend to ourselves on occasion of any transgression of duty, we shall find that we in fact do not… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
What is the gospel itself but a merciful moderation, in which Christ's obedience is esteemed ours, and our sins laid upon him,… — Richard Sibbes Copy Share Image
When you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. ... And I don't quite know… — Moderata Fonte Copy Share Image
Our first problem is that our attitude towards sin is more self-centred than God-centred. We are more concerned about our own "Victory"… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Trust wholly in Christ; rely altogether on His sufferings; beware of seeking to be justified in any other way than by His… — John Wycliffe Copy Share Image
So many companies today, when first confronted by a crisis, go into a bunker mentality. They either say, "No comment," or they… — Steven Fink Copy Share Image
Death is not regarded as a natural affair by primitive man. Death is believed to be due to the intervention of some… — Joseph Alexander Leighton Copy Share Image
Christianity has done its utmost to close the circle and declared even doubt to be sin. One is supposed to be cast… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I persist in preferring philosophers to rabbis priests imams ayatollahs and mullahs. Rather than trust their theological hocus-pocus I prefer to draw… — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image
Christians often equate holiness with activism and spiritual disciplines. And while it's true that activism is often the outgrowth of holiness and… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
We manage to swallow flesh only because we do not think of the cruel and sinful thing that we do. There are… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
I am not sure how many "sins" I would recognize in the world. Some would surely be defused by changed circumstances. But… — Elizabeth Janeway Copy Share Image
People say to me, "When did you come out?" But I was never in! When I was about six, I was swanning… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
What then is the source of my errors? They are owing simply to the fact that, since the will extends further than… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
In that case, we need to seriously arm ourselves. (Sin) Hail Mary, full of grace – (Kish) What are you doing? You’re… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
What freedom and hope is found in Christ! We don’t need to feel beautiful about ourselves to find happiness! In fact, we’re… — Carolyn Mahaney Copy Share Image
“The speaker indicts our unbelieving responses to Jesus' COMMAND not to worry. We take it less seriously than His commands about overt… — Jim Savastio Copy Share Image
The cliché, God hates the sin but love the sinner, is false on the face of it and should be abandoned. Fourteen… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
If God has laid your sins upon the Son of His love, you may rest assured that He will never lay them… — Octavius Winslow Copy Share Image
The body's weakness comes from illnesses, while the heart's weakness comes from sins. And just as the body does not taste the… — Dhul-Nun al-Misri Copy Share Image
The man who suffers from a sense of sin is suffering from a particular kind of self-love. In all this vast universe… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
At fifteen, my mind was bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I… — Confucius 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
Sin and death and suffering and war and poverty are not natural—they are the devastating results of our rebellion against God. We… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
They all have tired mouths and bright seamless souls. And a longing (as for sin) sometimes haunts their dreams. They are almost… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Robert Louis Stevenson, one evening, stood transfixed at his nursery window watching the lamplighter in the street. When his nanny asked the… — Selwyn Hughes Copy Share Image
You're brought up not to hit girls, that it's the worst sin, and that's what I do. But you know, gender is… — Fallon Fox Copy Share Image
Not only is patriotism disdained, the very basis for pride in one's country and culture is systematically undermined in our educational institutions… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
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