2,021 Quotes About Sin

Shalom is what love looks like in the flesh. The embodiment of love in the context of a broken creation, shalom is a hint at what was, what should be, and what will one day be again. Where sin disintegrates and isolates, shalom brings together and restores. Where fear and shame throw up walls and put on masks, shalom breaks down barriers and frees us from the pretense of our false selves.

The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person] trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, ‘to be’ in the fullest sense is ‘to sin'.

Given the lethal enormity of sin and the inestimable value of a single soul, a baby in a manger and a man on a cross makes more sense that anything else I will ever be able to possibly imagine.

If you say that you never lie in life,you honestly insult my intelligence.

All individuals have moral deficiencies, and when introducing these to reality one not only strengthens himself but also the confidence of others in the human exigency for Christ due to a reflection throughout the body of Christ.

Sin is what keeps you from experiencing the fullness of God, yet it is the one thing that ought to compel you to seek Him.

See, the problem in this world ain’t sinners, or even the dead. It is men who will step on anyone who stands in the way of their pursuit of power. Luckily there will always be people like me to stop them

No one is perfect, and that's what makes life and living a perfect start. Where there is no yardstick or measure for perfection, one learns to accept that they simply are perfect just as they are; one can be whatever they so choose to be and that which they choose freely is perfect. How more profoundly can freedom of expression and freewill be illustrated?

Describing his experience with the sting of an extremely toxic jellyfish, he did something you don't often see a scientist do: he shivered.