August Quote by Flannery O'Connor

“There is an obsession in the Church with sin management. People think more about their sins than about their redemption through Jesus”

— John Paul Warren

The church was custom built by Jesus, and we are all works in progress. We do not expect people to get their sin in…

— Mark Driscoll

“Instead of seeking to hide their sin and project an image of perfection, church leaders need to show people they lead that they too…

— Jim Putman

When sinners are careless and stupid, and sinking into hell unconcerned, it is time the church should bestir themselves. It is as much the…

— Charles Grandison Finney

Though it is true that the church must always dissociate itself from sin, it can never have any excuse for keeping any sinner at…

— Brennan Manning

“Church is a place where I can say, unashamedly, "I don't need to sin. I need another sinner.”

— Philip Yancey

If the whole church goes off into deception, that will in no way excuse us for not following Christ.

— Leonard Ravenhill

“The church, someone has said, is the only club in the world where the only qualification for joining it and staying in it is…

— Steve Brown

The church should be a place where people can be free to say that they are sinners.

— Timothy Keller

“But the church, like a tender, loving mother holds aloof from active punishment herself, as the sinner is too severely punished already by the…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It is an act of virtue to deceive and lie, when by such means the interest of the church might be promoted.

— Eusebius

“separation of church from mission is theologically indefensible. More”

— Lesslie Newbigin