#sinners

Being a “friend of sinners” is an accusation that Christians should wear as a badge of honor, for nothing could honor Jesus more, and nothing is more revealing of who God actually is. ↗

— Ronnie McBrayer

#sinners #welcome #religion

Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning. ↗

— Frederick William Faber

#eloquence #kindness #learning #more #sinners

My confession begins," Father S said, "as the confessions of many men begin - with three words" "Father forgive me?" Michael hazarded a guess. Father S signed. "I met Eleanor. ↗

— Tiffany Reisz

#the-original-sinners #tiffany-reisz #forgiveness

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun. ↗

— Billy Joel

#fun #i #laugh #more #much

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#saints #sin #sinners #sin

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#god #heaven #his #low #may

When news of the crash came, probably a lot of people in small towns and farms across America felt a sense of grim satisfaction that the sinners had finally been punished for their wicked ways. ↗

— Ron Chernow

#america #been #came #crash #farms

The Methodists love your big sinners, as proper subjects to work upon. ↗

— Horace Walpole

#love #proper #sinners #subjects #upon

As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note. ↗

— Seamus Heaney

#citizens #make #note #our #positive

A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints. ↗

— Abigail Van Buren

#hospital #museum #saints #sinners