#righteous

Someone who is determinedly trying to show God how good he or she is is likely to become an insufferable prig. ↗

— N.T. Wright

#grace #self-righteousness #self-determination

There are sins much more serious than socio-pathologies which really are mental illnesses, whereas self-righteousness is an illness of the soul." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#r-alan-woods #self-righteousness #sins #sociopathology #sociopaths

I suspect Dr. Robert L. Webb may be theologically a 'hyper-Calvinist' of the Jesse Mercer persuasion." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#hyper-calvinist #jesse-mercer #r-alan-woods #self-righteousness #r-alan-woods

After the prayer they executed an armed robbery. That sounds very strange this many years later: prayer and then armed robbery. ↗

— Diet Eman

#god #holocaust #jesus-christ #righteous-gentile #wwii

For the believer, humility is honesty about one's greatest flaws to a degree in which he is fearless about truly appearing less righteous than another. ↗

— Criss Jami

#christianity #fearless #flaws #honesty #humble

I know two kinds of Christians, those that love and those that love to be right. ↗

— Jim Sterling

#christianity #love #right #righteous #love

And do you not think less of me for making my fortune in such a way?” After all, her own sister did. He gave her an odd look. “There is no shame in being the mistress of a king. It’s a position of great power and influence. I think less of Louis for letting you go. ↗

— Jenna Maclaine

#self-judgement #the-righteous #vampire #worry #love

I have always found the hardest mind to change is one that is religious. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#dogma #religion #self-righteous #stubborn #change

A righteous wife is a respectful wife. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#marriage #piety #religious #respect #righteous

God favors men and women who delight in being made worthy of happiness before the happiness itself. ↗

— Criss Jami

#considerate #delight #favor #god #happiness