sinner

• “S. Augustine says [244]: "If God did not hear sinners, in vain would the publican have said, _God be merciful to me a sinner_"; and S. Chrysostom says [245]: "_Every one that asketh receiveth_ -- that is, whether he be just man or sinner.”

  On Prayer and The Contemplative Life

• “The grace of God in calling a sinner is a powerful engagement to holiness.”

  Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)

• ““He would be what we call a sinner and he needs to make a change in his life.””

  Simon & Schuster: Defending the Damned

• “Interestingly, in Jewish society today, the job title tax collector has become synonymous with the word sinner!”

  Simon & Schuster: The Courage To Be Christian

• “You see a sinner is always a sinner and in danger of damnation, for which there is but one cure, but a sick man may have quinsy or he may have diphtheria, and the treatment is different.”

  Sowing Seeds in Danny

• “God's goodness realized by the sinner is the only thing that leads to true repentance (Ho 3: 5; Lu 7: 37, 38).”

  Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

• “English narrator, who was, as he told the missionary, "what you call a sinner, what I call a sweep," but repented in time.”

  The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25)

• “The conversion of a sinner is the cure of a chronic disease; this is ordinarily done by the word,”

  Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)

• “The conversion of a sinner is the translation of a soul into the kingdom of Christ out of the kingdom of the devil.”

  Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)

• “Note, How bold a sinner is the forward and severe censurer!”

  Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)

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