I appreciate the idea of allowing people to have their own private walk with God. To me, God is about love, not condemnation.
He seemed, indeed, to accept everything without the least condemnation though often grieving bitterly.
Watch,witness,observe your thoughts-without any judgement,without any condemnation or evaluation.
Let us therefore be of a reverent spirit, and fear the long-suffering of God, that it tend not to our condemnation.
I had dreamed my life for nearly fifty years (I am about to be fifty-nine). But, you see, there are two tones in Les Mats: the echo of this condemnation and a mitigation of that severity.
Then, after I came home from Europe, I found I was under condemnation; and I was condemned at that time because I did not endorse the financial policy of the General Conference.
From my fathers point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for those who are given no real voice in the halls of justice or the halls of government.
What condemnation could possibly be more harsh than one’s own, when self-pretense is no longer possible?
The whole Twitter phenomenon is really indicative of what's happening in this country. And I say this in condemnation of myself as much as anyone else - we are growing into a nation that has no time, desire or capacity for truth. All we can handle is 140 characters of knowledge.
The gospel frees us to confess our sins without fear of condemnation.
The fear is suffocating, terrorizing, and I want the remedy, and it is trust. Trust is everything.
Introspection is self-improvement and therefore introspection is self-centeredness. Awareness is not self-improvement. On the contrary, it is the ending of the self, of the “I,” with all its peculiar idiosyncrasies, memories, demands, and pursuits. In introspection there is identification and condemnation. In awareness there is no condemnation or identification; therefore, there is no self-improvement. There is a vast difference between the two.
"I accept your condemnation," I said.
Sex has become more and more attractive because of its condemnation by priests
The sin of Adam did not make the condemnation of all men merely possible; it was the ground of their actual condemnation. So the righteousness of Christ did not make the salvation of men merely possible, it secured the actual salvation of those for whom He wrought.
We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
All civilized nations must unite in condemnation of a theology that now threatens to destabilize much of the earth.
Condemnation before investigation is the highest form of ignorance.
The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
How can you admit that your only hope is divine grace and then throw condemnation at another sinner when you see them struggle?
