Quotes About Redemption

Everyone knows my story and lots of people have been disappointed in my deterioration as a man. But they can see I'm trying to get better.

My church is in the detention facilities where I preside and celebrate the Eucharist. To me that's the church. That's the people of God.

At 16, I was facing 11 life felonies.

At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player, that I'm a better person because of my failures and disgraces.

God's not thinking about your mistakes, failures or shortcomings. No, His thoughts toward you are good.

That's one of the problems as a Christian, is that we have to deal with our failures and the shame of it all.

When we have fallen and need to get back up again, we are able to do it in His strength walking in His Spirit. Cling to the Spirit of Christ Jesus - He will never fail.

I want to see Christian fiction speak to the hard and real issues that tear people's lives apart.

Imagine no more tears, no more sorrow, no more pain... and one day we will forever be with Jesus.

It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction Christ endures for me.

The Rat Pack was the piece that really kicked me out of that little funk that I was in and then Ted called me up and asked me if I wanted to be the dad in Blow.

Good people can make bad decisions and bad people can be redeemable and that is an important message for teenagers.

I can't help but tell people of the greatest story ever told - God's love and our eternal life.

I would love to tell you that it's been absolutely perfect, that I've been a man that's been super Christian. But I've had mistakes, dumb things I've regretted, so it's not a perfect life. But it's one that has helped me make better decisions.

I just tell you, the Lord's been good to me. Even if I was a rounder, He's been really, really nice to me.

Redemption isn't giving a bank robber a job as a teller.

My faith tells me everybody should have second chances.

Ethiopia shall once more arise from the ashes of material ruin to the heights of temporal glory.

This man took my last son. No one could claim my hurt, or my anger. No one could have a greater claim on this one's life." Her voice was tight and fierce. She patted Ray's arm. "There's been enough killing down here. We have to find a way to live without the killing.

I am reassured to know that the straightness of my grain is not a precondition of usefulness to God. And I am humbled to see that out of the twistedness of my wounds, he designs for me a special place of service.

Books say: she did this because. Life says: she did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.' A story reflects life but also redeems it: assembled on the page, even unpredictable events can be plotted, their random scatter made part of a meaningful design.

God made us sinners, Peter. But he also forgives those sins. That's his divine mercy. But first, we have to forgive ourselves

If you want to see what Christ looks like, look at those who participate in him in the most dramatic way," he says. "It's the Cross, participation in the Cross. It's conforming to Christ, it's Christ appearing vividly in our midst.

We poor sinners need to come back from our wanderings to seek pardon through the all-sufficient merits of our Redeemer. And we need to pray earnestly for the power of the Holy Spirit to give us a precious revival in our hearts and among the unconverted.