It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins.
Sin is not confined to the evil things we do. It is the evil within us, the evil which we are.
When I come before these men I do not have to explain that we are all sinners. They have committed every sin there is. All I have to tell them is that I, too, am a sinner.
Sin scorches us most after it comes under the scrutinizing light of God's forgiveness and not before
Radically and basically, all sin is simply ingratitude.
Abortion is 'the great modern sin.
When we speak of our virtues we are competitors, when we confess our sins we become brothers.