Home / Quotes / Quote by Thomas C. Oden

Quote by Thomas C. Oden

“The deeper irony is that the evidence of sin that are always found in and around the body of Christ may become indirect intimations of its holiness. It could not be a holy church if it had clean hands, as if severed from its task of saving sinners and healing human hurt.”

Quote by Thomas C. Oden

Book:Corrective Love: The Power of Communion Discipline

Work

Corrective Love: The Power of Communion Discipline

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Thomas C. Oden. more

You May Also Like

“Protestants at one time were confident that their free form of confession was a vast improvement upon Catholic private confession to a priest because it is voluntary, demystified, and not routinized. But amid the acids of modernity it has volunteered itself right out of existence. Demystification has dwindled into desacralization. The escape from routinization has become a convenient cover for the demise of repentance. The postmodern pastor is trying to learn anew to listen to the deeper range of feelings of others, without forgetfulness of the Word of God.”

Church Sin Christianity Confession Ministry Pastoral Care

Book:Corrective Love: The Power of Communion Discipline

Source: Corrective Love: The Power of Communion Discipline

“Sins of ignorance or infirmity are to be admonished in a different way than intentional sins of malice of intention. The assurance of forgiveness is not to be offered carelessly by those whose conscience is seared, but to penitents who come contritely to the table of the Lord.”

Sin Christianity Forgiveness Sins Of Omission Sins Of Commission

Book:Corrective Love: The Power of Communion Discipline

Source: Corrective Love: The Power of Communion Discipline

“The confessor can nullify the exquisitely seasonable moment of confession by talking instead of listening. When he sees pedagogy and advice as more important than simple listening, he diverts the stream of confession.”

Sin Confession Ministry Pastoral Care

Book:Corrective Love: The Power of Communion Discipline

Source: Corrective Love: The Power of Communion Discipline

“One trains the eye of confession most closely on what is hurting. If sin is present it will be aching. Confession begins where the raw anguish of conscience is rubbing against the primordial awareness of God's holiness.”

Sin Repentance Confession Ministry Pastoral Care

Book:Corrective Love: The Power of Communion Discipline

Source: Corrective Love: The Power of Communion Discipline

“A delicate balance is required: keep the penitent tautly close to the point of recognizing sin, and then allow the relief of that pressure to flow through forgiveness. Confession increases this tautness, only to clear the path for release.”

Sin Forgiveness Repentance Confession

Book:Corrective Love: The Power of Communion Discipline

Source: Corrective Love: The Power of Communion Discipline

“Sin is nothing more than a most extreme form of amnesia. It is forgetting who were when we were created as a spirit that came forth from the heart of God the Father—as a spirit made in His sinless image.”

Sin Spiritual Quotes

Author:Praying Medic

“Грешные мысли одолели... Грешные, но, на мой взгляд, здравые («Гроздья гнева»)”

Sin Thoughts грех мысли

Book:The Grapes of Wrath

Source: The Grapes of Wrath

“If one night you see someone committing a sin, tomorrow do not look at him as a sinner. He may have repented during the night and you did not know.”

Inspirational Sin Repentance

Author:Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib (As)

“Those who have castrated themselves from all sin for the sake of the kingdom of heaven, are blessed; they abstain from the world.”

Author:Clement of Alexandria

“No matter how bad you feel, God never sees you as a hopeless person. He may see you as a sinner who needs to be re-washed to get back to his old vision for His purpose, but He will never see you as a hopeless being.”

Source: Dream big!: See your bigger picture!