I woke up many mornings not knowing what I'd done the night before. I'm amazed I'm not dead.

The more sin is rationalized, the greater the possibility of destruction by Satan's wolves.

Some persons have lived manly or womanly lives, and they lack but one thing - open confession of the Lord Jesus Christ. Some men think that they must come to him in a certain way - that they must be stirred by emotion or something like that.

salvation does not bypass the history and memory of guilt, but rather builds upon and from it.

the truth can be quickly received, or received at all, only by the sinner who knows and admits that he is guilty of having sinned much. Stated another way: only guilt admitted accepts truth.

the truth can be quickly received, or received at all, only by the sinner who knows and admits that he is guilty of having sinned much.

Toast was a pointless invention from the Dark Ages. Toast was an implement of torture that caused all those subjected to it to regurgitate in verbal form the sins and crimes of their past lives. Toast was a ritual item devoured by fetishists in the belief that it would enhance their kinetic and sexual powers. Toast cannot be explained by any rational means. Toast is me. I am toast.

But sins must not be overlooked simply because the sinner is skilled.

It was also shameful: when a shameful thing is done to you, the shamefulness rubs off on you. You feel dirtied.

We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a sin.

Because still, in spite of everything, I have not enough faith in God. He has given me so much - which I certainly do not deserve - and I still do so much that is wrong every day.

in spite of everything, I still don't have enough faith in God. He's given me so much, which I don't deserve, and yet each day I make so many mistakes!