“True humility is a Christian grace and one of the fruits of the Spirit, originating in a deep consciousness of sin past and present, and leading us to discover our nothingness in the view of God, our insufficiency for any thing that is good, and prompting us, as we feel our infirmities, to strive after higher and yet higher attainments.” FeelsChristianPastSpiritSinViewsConsciousnessGraceHumilityHigherFruitStriveNothingnessAttainmentPast And PresentInfirmityTrue HumilityInsufficiencyFruits Of The SpiritGrace Christian Author:James McCosh
“I make an idol of my moral consciousness. My pursuit of the good is corrupted by the sin of idolatry.” SinConsciousnessMoralMoralityPursuitIdolsIdolatry Author:Susan Sontag
“Christianity is, I believe, about expanded life, heightened consciousness and achieving a new humanity. It is not about closed minds, supernatural interventions, a fallen creation, guilt, original sin or divine rescue.” MindBelieveHumanityI BelieveSinConsciousnessChristianityAchieveCreationDivineOriginalsGuiltFallenRescueInterventionOriginal SinClosed Mind Author:John Shelby Spong
“I feel, like all modern Americans, no consciousness of sin and simply do not believe in it. All I know is that if God loves me only half as much as my mother does, he will not send me to Hell. That is a final fact of my inner consciousness, and for no religion could I deny its truth.” IfsKnowsFeelsBelieveDoeFactsMotherSinHalfConsciousnessHellModernFinalsDenyGod LoveGod Loves Me Book:The Importance of Living Source: The Importance of Living
“I live on the other side of Charles Darwin and I can no longer see human light as having been created perfect and falling into sin, I see us rather emerging into higher and higher levels of consciousness and higher and higher levels of complication.” HumansI CanLightFallSidesSinPerfectLevelsConsciousnessHigherEmergingHigher LevelComplication Author:John Shelby Spong