Dorothy L. Sayers Quotes

I come now to tell you for what I am brought here to die, and to give you an account of my faith, which I shall do as in the sight of the living God before whom I am shortly to stand.

In the New Testament, religion is grace and ethics is gratitude.

There are no perfect politicians - just as there are no perfect pastors or voters. We are all sinners in need of a Savior.

I'm a theological writer mistaken for a political writer. My theme is grace versus karma.

The sinner is at the heart of Christianity. No one is as competent as the sinner in matters of Christianity. No one, except a saint.

Only we big sinners have this grace of knowing what salvation really means.

The preaching of grace can only be protected by the preaching of repentance.

Grace isn't a license to sin; it's a license from sin.

Grace doesn't lead us into destructive behavior. Sin does. And grace is the only remedy for sin. The kindness of God leads to repentance.

I do think that a minister who can preach a sermon without addressing sinners does not know how to preach.

What I do believe in is the moral code of Christianity.

I don't go to movies for redemption - if I want that, I'll go to church!

No sinner is ever saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.

If you look at the Bible as a whole, it's redemptive and beautiful, and it's God's love story to mankind.

No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do.

I am and always will be a sinner. But that's the beautiful thing about Jesus. I'll always try to be a better person in the eyes of God. But I'm not all of a sudden stepping up on a pedestal and saying I'm holier than thou, 'cause I'm not!

How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas religion claims to go beyond the bounds of human existence.

I see so many people. They just seem to be hopeless. Being a Christian and being a pastor, the ultimate hope is in Jesus.

It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.

Suffer little children and come unto me.

Christianity has always embraced both reason and faith.

I believe that all men and women will be saved.

If you do not accuse each other, God will not accuse you. If you have no accuser you will enter heaven. What many people call sin is not sin; I do many things to break down superstition, and I will break it down.

I remember thinking, That's what I need - and that hope was in Jesus Christ.