Quotes about Salvation
The death of Jesus breaks the chain between evil actions and evil consequences
— Rowan Williams
Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of men and women when they are born again is praying.
— JC Ryle
The salvation of life lies in seeing each object in its essence and its entirety, discerning both the material and the causal: in applying one's whole soul to doing right and speaking the truth. There remains only the enjoyment of living a linked succession of good deeds, with not the slightest gap between them. p121
— Marcus Aurelius
The aliens arrive. We like the part where we get saved. We like the part where we get destroyed. Why do those feel so similar? Either way, it's an end.
— Margaret Atwood
Once they tried to save something, others or their own souls.
— Margaret Atwood
I'm so thankful for the active obedience of Christ. No hope without it.
— J. Gresham Machen
One bright and thankful look at the cross is worth a thousand morbid, self-condemning reflections.
— AB Simpson
Satan's greatest success is in making people think they have plenty of time before they die to consider their eternal welfare.
— John Owen
Salvation happens every time someone with a key uses it to open a door he could lock instead.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.
— JC Ryle
If we can believe in the Gnostic gospel of Thomas, old Uncle Jesus said, If you bring forth what is inside you, what you bring forth will save you. If you don't bring forth what is inside you, what you bring forth can destroy you.
— Anne Lamott
Jesus is saying that we could be aware of, filled with, and saved by the presence of holy beauty, rather than worship golden calves.
— Anne Lamott