Quotes about Sin
Repentance keeps sin from condemning us because Jesus died and scorned the shame.
— Mark Driscoll
We need to avoid the ditch on the left, where we don't call sin a sin, as well as the ditch on the right, where we are angry culture warriors battling unbelievers instead of evangelizing them.
— Mark Driscoll
Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden.
— Mark Twain
There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
— St. Augustine
If you are in Christ, you are fully and completely forgiven for all your sin-past, present and future.
— Matt Chandler
Despite the slowness, the infidelity, the errors and sins it committed and might still commit against its members, the Church, trust me, has no other meaning and goal but to live and witness Jesus.
— Pope Francis
Being a Christan is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God's will.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
God saved you for Himself; God saved you by Himself; God saved you from Himself.
— Paul Washer
Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
— Francis de Sales
I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.
— Jimmy Carter
To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.
— Marquis de Sade
There is a kind of pleasure which comes from sacrilege or the profanation of the objects offered us for worship.
— Marquis de Sade