Love Quote by Stephen J. Nichols

“The more deeply we live, the more we feel in sympathy with Augustine, and the less with Pelagius.”

— Herman Bavinck

“Augustine reflects that “what made me a slave to it was the habit [consuetudo] of satisfying an insatiable lust.”31”

— Elaine Pagels

“Sanctification is at base a tenacious grip on the robe of Christ, a wrestling with the Lord to bless us, a sojourn in the…

— Kevin DeYoung

“Bonhoeffer's emphasis on the deep this -worldliness of Christianity does not lead to de-eschatologizing the gospel.”

— G C Berkouwer

“The process of sanctification is an addiction to holiness, a compulsive fixation on Christ and an impulsive pattern of compassion, virtue and love. This…

— William M. Struthers

“Likewise, Augustine made the effort of historical imagination to register to the full the Jewishness of Jesus and the apostles. And now, he wrote…

— Simon Schama

“I was becoming more miserable, and Thou nearer. Thy right hand was continually ready to pluck me out of the mire, and to wash…

— Hieromonk Damascene

Sanctification is possessing the mind of Christ.

— John G. Lake

“Union with Christ is the foundational basis for sanctification and the dynamic force that empowers it.”

— Robert Letham

“Sanctification of the Spirit is the grace of salvation.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“AUGUSTINE: People love truth when it shines on them and hate it when it rebukes them. For,”

— Cindy Crosby

“Bonhoeffer's thought is not determined by the ultimacy of this world but by his opposition to 'the separation ... (of) the two spheres of…

— Anonymous