Quotes about Redemption

There it is . . . Our God declares the end in the beginning. In Christ, God loved us before we loved him, caught us before we fell, forgave us before we asked, clothed us in righteousness before we realized we were naked, and cleansed us before we were aware of our filth. God called those who were enemies, aliens, and strangers his very own children and friends. And wrote the story of our life before we drew our first breath.

Just as Adam stole the fruit of a forbidden tree and caused all within him to die, Jesus died on a barren tree and thus became its fruit that all in him might live.

Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for?

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.

Grace is not something for which I must look in my heart. It is in the heart of God.

Advent is the spiritual season of hope par excellence, and in this season the whole Church is called to be hope, for itself and for the world.

The main theme of the Bible is the restoration of humanity and, through humanity, of the whole of creation to its original harmony.

Our task is to become our best selves. One of God's greatest gifts to us is the joy of trying again, for no failure ever need be final.

In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.

No salvation without regeneration - no spiritual life without a new birth - no heaven without a new heart.

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

The sinless One took on the face of a sinner so that we sinners could take on the face of a saint.