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Nothing can alter the fact that God calls perversion sin.

If God were to eradicate all evil from this planet, He would have to eradicate all evil men. Who wou...

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Sin is rebellion against God.

Man seeks to excuse himself of sin, but God seeks to convict him of it and to save him from it. Sin ...

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Anyone who has genuinely seen God is deeply convicted of his or her own sin.

It is the Holy Spirit who brings about conviction [of sin] . . .repentance cannot take place unless ...

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Learn to take sin seriously—be on guard against it and resist its tug, fight its power. But most of ...

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God can break the chain of every sin that binds you if you are willing to give it up. He comes into ...

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Perversion is considered a biological abnormality rather than a sin. These things are contrary to th...

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Repent means to renounce sin . . .and by God’s grace to fill my mind with things that honor Him.

The sin of self is a deadly sin.

Understanding the consequence of sin and arrogance should motivate every Christian to pray for repen...

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The Bible does not teach that sin is completely eradicated from the Christian in this life, but it d...

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[Christ’s] goodness is still a rebuke to our badness; His purity still shows up our impurities; His ...

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Can the sin of one or a few cause suffering for many? The answer, of course, is yes, for no sin is i...

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Evil and suffering are real . . . They aren’t an illusion, nor are they simply an absence of good. W...

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Galatians 5:21 constitutes the most serious warning to those who may think they can sin that grace m...

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Sin—plain, old-fashioned sin, the self-same sin which caused Adam’s downfall—is what we are all suff...

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There is less teaching about sin, and very little warning of judgment.

Sin is a revolt against God.

True freedom consists not in the freedom to sin, but the freedom not to sin.

We make a mockery of God’s forgiveness when we deliberately engage in sin because we think He will f...

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Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleans...

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Only the Holy Spirit can open our eyes. Only He can convict us of the depth of our sin, and only He ...

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not anti-intellectual. It demands the use of [the] mind, but the mind ...

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The essence of sin is self-will—placing ourselves at the center of our lives instead of Christ.

In all of these centuries there has not been the slightest shadow of change in the nature of God or ...

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The only sin God cannot forgive is the sin of rejecting Christ. Turn to Him in repentance and faith—...

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The influence of sin touches the innocent as well as the guilty.

When we use the word “sin,” we usually think of our misdeeds—actions or habits we know are wrong. Bu...

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Sin lies at the heart of chaotic world conditions as we now know them and as they have existed throu...

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Why did Jesus Christ leave heaven’s gloryand enter this sin-infested world? For one reason: to make ...

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It would be the greatest tragedy if I didn’t tell you that unless you repent of your sins and receiv...

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Sin has tarnished every area of life, and [Christ] wants to erase its stain everywhere.

I believe a Christian can sin, but he does not have to. God never would have told us to reject evil ...

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The Bible teaches that whosoever is born of God does not practice sin.

As much as we hate to admit it, we are sinners by birth. We are also sinners by choice. We are also ...

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Sinful pleasure can ruin our appetite for the things of God.

Our magazine covers frequently feature the immoral, the perverted, the psychologically sick. Sin is ...

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Sooner or later we must leave our dream world and face up to the facts of God, sin, and judgment. Th...

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We have largely lost sight of the holiness and purity of God today. This is one reason why we tolera...

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Neither the devil nor the world, nor even our own evil heart can compel us to sin. It must be by our...

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We don’t need to be crippled any longer by the disease of sin—because God has provided the cure.

We all have a terminal disease far worse than cancer that will kill us morally and spiritually.It’s ...

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Superficial views of God and His holiness will produce superficial views of sin and atonement. God h...

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Sin is serious—so serious it sent Jesus Christ to the cross. Flee from [sin] and stay close to Chris...

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cannot come to Christ unless the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin.

Sin pierced the very heart of God. God felt every piercing nail and spear thrust. God felt the burni...

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Sin is often, if not always, the perversion of something good. In the midst of all our sinning, thou...

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Gratitude is one of the greatest Christian virtues; ingratitude, one of the most vicious sins.

We can be convicted of sin—we can pray and confess our sin—we can repent—but the real test is our wi...

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A transformed life is the greatest of all miracles. Every time a person is “born again” by repentanc...

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You and I, God’s ambassadors, are called to sound the warning, to call sinners to repentance, to poi...

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The cause of all trouble, the root of all sorrow, the dread of every man lies in this one small word...

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True repentance is a turning from sin . . . Humanly speaking, it is our small part in the plan of sa...

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The Bible says there is a certain pleasure in sin.However, it is short-lived and fatal.

The tragedy of sin reached its crescendo when God in Christ became sin . . .He was offering Himself ...

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Sin is the great clogger, and the blood of Christ is the great cleanser.

It is entirely possible to be deeply sorry because of the devastation which sin has wrought in our l...

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To find the right path, we first need to remember why we are on the wrong path. The reason can be pu...

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Nothing can alter the fact that God calls perversion sin.

If God were to eradicate all evil from this planet, He would have to eradicate all evil men. Who wou...

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Sin is rebellion against God.

Man seeks to excuse himself of sin, but God seeks to convict him of it and to save him from it. Sin ...

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Anyone who has genuinely seen God is deeply convicted of his or her own sin.

It is the Holy Spirit who brings about conviction [of sin] . . .repentance cannot take place unless ...

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Learn to take sin seriously—be on guard against it and resist its tug, fight its power. But most of ...

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God can break the chain of every sin that binds you if you are willing to give it up. He comes into ...

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Perversion is considered a biological abnormality rather than a sin. These things are contrary to th...

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Repent means to renounce sin . . .and by God’s grace to fill my mind with things that honor Him.

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.

The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.

One reason sin flourishes is that it is treated like a cream puff instead of a rattlesnake.

Listen, I'm against sin. I'll kick it as long as I've got a foot, I'll fight it as long as I've got ...

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A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes t...

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People tell me it's a sinTo know and feel too much within

The forgiveness of God is gratuitous liberation from guilt. Paradoxically, the conviction of persona...

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As we come to grips with our own selfishness and stupidity, we make friends with the impostor and ac...

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Brennan ManningAbba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

The sorrow of God lies in our fear of Him, our fear of life, and our fear of ourselves. He anguishes...

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Brennan ManningAbba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

Grace abounds in contemporary movies, books, novels, films and music. If God is not in the whirlwind...

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Brennan ManningThe Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled

The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took hi...

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Brennan ManningThe Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled

The ragamuffin gospel reveals that Jesus forgives sins, including the sins of the flesh; that He is ...

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Brennan ManningThe Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled

And though it is true that the church must always dissociate itself from sin, it can never have any ...

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Brennan ManningThe Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled

Because salvation is by grace through faith, I believe that among the countless number of people sta...

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Brennan ManningThe Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled

The noonday devil of the Christian life is the temptation to lose the inner self while preserving th...

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Brennan ManningThe Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled

Walking is a virtue, tourism is a deadly sin.

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Bruce ChatwinWhat Am I Doing Here?

You will say that these are very small sins; and doubtless, like all young tempters, you are anxious...

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Hell begins with a grumbling mood, always complaining, always blaming others... but you are still di...

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The sin both of men and of angels, was rendered possible by the fact that God gave us free will.

Creatures, I give you yourselves," said the strong, happy voice of Aslan. "I give to you forever thi...

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Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to believe in a certain way...

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C. S. LewisMere Christianity

God can make good use of all that happens, but the loss is real.

The Divine "goodness" differs from ours, but it is not sheerly different; it differs from ours not a...

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C. S. LewisThe Problem of Pain

We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. I have heard others, and I have heard myself,...

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As long as he retains externally the habits of a Christian he can still be made to think of himself ...

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Our tainted world looms within us, every one.

Pick a sin we can both live with, is what I ask.

All the goodness I have within me is totally from the Lord alone. When I sin, it is from me and is d...

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Our sin is our resistance to going along with God's initiative in making suffering reparative. We ar...

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A wide and vague impression exists that so-called Eastern religion is more contemplative, innocuous,...

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