Abandon Quote by John Shelby Spong

“If the church remains self-righteously aloof from failures, irreligious and immoral people, it cannot enter justified into God’s kingdom. But if it is constantly…

— Brennan Manning

“It's an insidious idea, this notion that there is life after death. The promise of a reward in the afterlife has been used as…

— Alom Shaha

“One of the reasons we come to feel guilty is that we move away from the cross and a desire to please God and…

— Rose Marie Miller

The principles of gain through loss, of joy through sorrow, of getting by giving, of fulfillment by laying down, of life out of death…

— Elisabeth Elliot

Duty or guilt may motivate us for awhile, but only a sense of Christ's love for us will motivate us for a lifetime.

— Jerry Bridges

“The idea of death has been associated with the fear of the unknown, and the punishment or reward for our life choices. There is…

— Raphael Zernoff

Christ lived the life we could not live and took the punishment we could not take to offer the hope we cannot resist.

— Max Lucado

Guilt results from unused life, from the unlived in us.

— Ernest Becker

The promise of eternal life makes people forsake the life they're given.

— James Frey

“Programmed behavior cannot produce the level of spiritual development required to qualify one for eternal life. A necessary range of freedom and self-determination is…

— Dean L. Larsen

“When it comes to religion, we have a funny habit of believing things that make us feel better about ourselves." "What do you mean?"…

— Jerome Wilde

It is through justification of one's actions that a completely guiltless life is possible.

— Ashly Lorenzana