Absolutes Quote by James Petigru Boyce

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

— Anonymous

Sin must be within God's eternal decrees in some sense in which He is not the author of it . . . We must…

— J. Oliver Buswell

“Whoever reflects on the origin of sin cannot engage himself in a merely theoretical dispute; rather, he is engaged, intimately and personally, in what…

— G C Berkouwer

Sin is basically a denial of God's right of possession.

— Edwin Louis Cole

In short, a man must be set free from the sin he is , which makes him do the sin he does .

— George MacDonald

God made sin possible just as he made all lying wonders possible, but he never made it a fact, never set anything in his…

— Horace Bushnell

“Whoever reflects on the origin of sin cannot engage himself in a merely theoretical dispute; rather, he is engaged, intimately and personally, in the…

— G.C. Berkouwer

“Sin is a revolutionary act in which the sinner seeks to depose God from His throne. Sin is a presumption of supreme arrogance in…

— R.C. Sproul

“Whoever reflects on the origin of sin cannot engage himself in a merely theoretical dispute; rather he is engaged intimately, in ... the problem…

— G C Berkouwer

“Sin is the fate prepared by the individual when he disowns himself and makes of himself a mere object. Man does not fall into…

— Leo Baeck

“Men have tried to construct abstract and causal answers to this question of sin's origin and ... have violated the very limits of objectivity…

— G C Berkouwer

Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous. It should be left to the congenitally sinful, who know when to play…

— H. L. Mencken