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Do not hate a sinner, for we all are to be res­pon­sible.

God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.

God is not glorified in any transaction upon earth so much as in the conversion of a sinner.

God is not hostile to sinners, but only to unbelievers.

Fashion makes fools of some, sinners of others, and slaves of all.

Great saints have often been made out of great sinners, but not one was ever made out of a wimp.

I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.

He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.

He who doesn't sin, is the greatest sinner of all.

If I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also.

I prefer a saint with faults to a sinner with none.

I know I'm a sinner, but make me a winner!

In sinners and repenters you have the original division of labor.

I was a sinner. I knew that without a doubt. But I was not alone. And the night was the accomplice of us all.

I'm an old sinner. Nothing shocks me.

It is staggering that God should love sinners, yet it is true.

Let us realize that we are sinners and have much to explate, while others less culpable than we are suffer more than we do.

Men are willing to admit that they are sinners, but not that they are sinning.

Live life without being afraid of judgment from others because judgment from other sinners is invalid.

Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.

Ministers often preach about the Gospel instead of preaching the Gospel. They often preach about sinners instead of preaching to them.

No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness.

The infinite Atonement is for both the sinner and for the saint in each of us.

The only thing different between sinners and saints is one is forgiven and the other ain't.

Society is composed of slow Christians and wide-awake sinners.

We're not lowly sinners, we're not worthless beings. We are something jewel-like and beautiful.

We are great sinners; Jesus is a greater Savior!

We were old sinners - but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore.

You don't become a saint by comparing yourself to a sinner.

We must show sympathy with sinners, but not with their sins.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.

A mortal, a sinner, a lost soul... yet just a number in this rat race we call life.

A humble sinner is better than a proud saint.

A repentant sinner is better than a proud saint.

A saint is not a person who does not sin; but a sinner who never stops doing good

A shrewd sinner has many advantages over a foolish saint.

A sinner needs a Saviour. Just like a lost sheep needs a shepherd.

As sinners we are like addicts - addicted to ourselves and our own projects. The theology of glory simply seeks to give those projects eternal legitimacy. The remedy for the theology of glory, therefore, cannot be encouragement and positive thinking, but rather the end of the addictive desire. Luther says it directly: "The remedy for curing desire does not lie in satisfying it, but in extinguishing it." So we are back to the cross, the radical intervention, end of the life of the old and the beginning of the new. Since the theology of glory is like addiction and not abstract doctrine, it is a temptation over which we have no control in and of ourselves, and from which we must be saved. As with the addict, mere exhortation and optimistic encouragement will do no good. It may be intended to build up character and self-esteem, but when the addict realizes the impossibility of quitting, self-esteem degenerates all the more. The alcoholic will only take to drinking in secret, trying to put on the facade of sobriety. As theologians of glory we do much the same. We put on a facade of religious propriety and piety and try to hide or explain away or coddle our sins.... As with the addict there has to be an intervention, an act from without. In treatment of alcoholics some would speak of the necessity of 'bottoming out,' reaching the absolute bottom where one can no longer escape the need for help. Then it is finally evident that the desire can never be satisfied, but must be extinguished. In matters of faith, the preaching of the cross is analogous to that intervention. It is an act of God, entirely from without. It does not come to feed the religious desires of the Old Adam and Eve but to extinguish them. They are crucified with Christ to be made new.

Be like the sun; bear with those in the dark, but keep shining your light.

Big or small, sin is sin!

Ashes have no fear to burn in hell In your heart's paradise angels dwell Rib cage fastens all sins of the wrong Your bones will sing you mortality’s song

Bradish had never had any occasion to experience self-righteousness other than the self-righteousness of the sinner.

Can the sin of one or a few cause suffering for many? The answer, of course, is yes, for no sin is isolated in the life of the sinner. It spreads like poison gas into every available crevice.

Christ came into the world to save sinners, not good people, and your unworthiness is your greatest claim for His salvation.

Come to Jesus Christ just as you are, He change you.

Divine grace is available for each one of us.

Divine power transforms us, to be the better person, we ought to be.

Go back to Socrates: "Know thyself." For Socrates, there are only two kinds of people: the wise, who know they are fools; and fools, who think they are wise. Similarly, for Christ and all the prophets, there are only two kinds of people: saints, who know they are sinners; and sinners, who think they are saints. Which are you?

God can use impure vessels to serve his holiness

God hates sin not because he wants us to be good little boys and girls, but because he knows sin destroys that which he loves most: sinners.