Quotes by : M. Basilea Schlink

The spirit of contrition and repentance has by and large become foreign to us. Repentance implies a turning....

Self-justification - that is, claiming one's innocence and thus in the final analysis blaming God - is....

Repentance is the gateway through which the Gospel can come to us. Repentance is the gateway to a joy-filled....

This sin weighs heavily upon the Body of Christ and will call down the judgment of God. In Germany there....

We are apathetic and indifferent towards our sins, and we are usually not disturbed by them at all. We....

With the word "Repent" He was beckoning to us as the Savior, offering us His love and salvation. But....

Thus the penitent are actually sincere, truthful and realistic. They sorrow for their sins before it....

Only those who are alive can bring life to others. The spiritually dead are unable to generate life,....

He has been waiting for us, waiting in vain, and His fatherly heart was filled with grief. When He then....

Our objections - whether they be theological or psychological - usually have but one root: It is pride....