Sin is often, if not always, the perversion of something good. In the midst of all our sinning, though, God is willing to forgive us, change us, and give us a new power to overcome that sin.

Sooner or later we must leave our dream world and face up to the facts of God, sin, and judgment. The Bible says, "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God" [Romans 3:23 NIV].

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

We do not have a paradise on earth; it is riddled with so much sin and disease.

Sin is rebellion against God.

Two thousand years ago God invited a morally corrupt world to the foot of the cross. There God held your sins and mine to the flames until every last vestige of our guilt was consumed.

Acknowledge that there is a defect in human nature, a built-in waywardness that comes from man's rebellion against God.

It is the presence of sin that prevents man from being truly happy.

The mourning of inadequacy is a weeping that catches the attention of God . . .The happiest day of my life was when I realized that my own ability, my own goodness, my own morality was insufficient in the sight of God; and I publicly and openly acknowledged my need of Christ.

Every manifestation of evil is the result of basic sin—sin that has remained unchanged since the moment it first entered the human race.

No church is perfect, but don't let that discourage you. Someone has said that if you ever find one that is, it will stop being perfect the minute you join!

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