There was already a deep black wordless conviction in him that the way to avoid Jesus was to avoid sin. — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Without sanctifying grace it is not possible to refrain long from mortal sin. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
I was a woman, a divorcee, a socialist, an agnostic . . . all possible sins together. — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
They sin who tell us Love can die: with Life all other passions fly, all others are but vanity. — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
intellect is a sin that must be atoned for by leading exactly the life of those who have none. — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
The soul cannot be humbled by fasts and prayer; it must be broken by mortal sin to experience forgiveness of sin and… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
All the goodness I have within me is totally from the Lord alone. When I sin, it is from me and is… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
If you will not have death unto sin, you shall have sin unto death. There is no alternative. If you do not… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The greater evil who is in- When both in wayward paths are straying? The poor sinner for the pain Or he who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is near thirty years since He made it sure; and since that time, though there has fallen out much sin, yet… — Donald Cargill Copy Share Image
It iz comparitively eazy tew repent ov the sins that we hav committed, but tew repent ov thoze which we intend to… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Sin and accountability aren't popular messages. Yet being trendy and well liked is not the point. We're here to carry out the… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
There's nobody who doesn't have problems with the church, because there's sin in the church. But there's no other place to be… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
What, for some, is sin, others do to the glory of God. And the good Dr. Pentecost's remarks notwithstanding , I intend… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“Sin aims always at the utmost; every time it rises up to tempt or entice, might it have its own course, it… — John Owen Copy Share Image
...God has made provision for our holiness. Through Christ He has delivered us from sin's reign so that we now can resist… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Just as the lame man at the pool of Bethesda needed someone stronger than himself to be healed (see John5:1-9), so we… — Merrill J. Bateman Copy Share Image
In Catholicism, you learn to worship a superior god that creates, who organizes and creates. And when you do novels, you have… — Carmen Boullosa Copy Share Image
God made sin possible just as he made all lying wonders possible, but he never made it a fact, never set anything… — Horace Bushnell Copy Share Image
I'm certainly an imperfect man. And it's only by the blood of Jesus Christ that I've been redeemed from my sins. So… — Scott Walker Copy Share Image
God never deserts a man, unless He is deserted by that man first. For even if a man shall have committed grievous… — Caesarius of Arles Copy Share Image