Quotes about Salvation
Because of total depravity, you and I were desperate for God's grace before we were saved. Because of total depravity, you and I remain desperate for God's grace even after we're saved.
- Tullian Tchividjian
But Jesus answered me with these words and said: Sin is necessary, but all will be well, and all will be well, and every kind of thing will be well.
- Shane Claiborne
thank you that we are unable to save ourselves and that each time we try, we fail. Have mercy on us. Be the strength in our weakness. Clear our heads of the foolishness of believing we can be our own gods. Steer our hearts to utter dependence on you. Amen.
- Shane Claiborne
written, "A Christian is one who points at Christ and says, 'I can't prove a thing, but there's something about his eyes and his voice. There's something about the way he carries his head, his hands, the way he carries his cross — the way he carries me.
- Shane Claiborne
the crucifixion of Jesus—became the conduit of God's grace and salvation. One
- Shane Claiborne
May the Lord bless us and keep us from all harm, and may God lead us to eternal life. Amen.
- Shane Claiborne
Death closes the door to any possibility for redemption. Grace opens up that door.
- Shane Claiborne
Much of the Bible was written by murderers who were given a second chance. Moses. David. Paul. The Bible would be much shorter without grace.
- Shane Claiborne
Grace gets the last word.
- Shane Claiborne
I once heard a pastor say, "The church is like Noah's ark. It stinks, but if you get out of it, you'll drown." I
- Shane Claiborne
Leo the Great preached, "Truly wondrous is the whole chronicle of the incarnation. From the time when Christ came, the ancient slavery is ended, the devil confounded, demons take to flight, the power of death is broken, paradise is unlocked, the curse is taken away, sin is removed from us, error driven out, truth has been brought back, and the speech of kindliness diffused. A heavenly way of life has been implanted on the earth.
- Shane Claiborne
The Cross is the central event in time and eternity, and the answer to all the problems of both.
- Oswald Chambers