quotes about Atonement
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To injure another person through atonement is one of the most subtle devices of the neurotic, as when, for example, he indulges in self-accusations.
-- Alfred Adler -
Just as chalk can be removed from a chalkboard, with sincere repentance, the effects of our transgression can be erased through the atonement of Jesus Christ.
-- Boyd K. Packer -
Because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we can learn from our experience without being condemned by our experience.
-- Bruce C. Hafen -
What you present as the gospel will determine what you present as discipleship. If you present as the gospel what is essentially a theory of the atonement, and you say, If you accept this theory of the atonement, your sins are forgiven, and when you die you will be received into heaven, there is no basis for discipleship.
-- Dallas Willard -
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The miracle of the Atonement can make up for imperfections in our performance.
-- Gary E. Stevenson -
The term ‘reconciliation’ describes the atonement as springing from the initiative of God Himself.
-- Geerhardus Vos -
The principle question before us is not, do we comprehend the atonement, but, do we accept it.
-- George Q. Morris -
It wasn't a potential atonement actuated by the sinner, it was an actual atonement initiated by the savior.
-- John F. MacArthur -
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The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity.
-- Lord Byron -
When you understand the Atonement, then you understand the joy of being rescued.
-- M. Russell Ballard -
The atonement of Jesus Christ is the only remedy and rest for my soul.
-- Martin Van Buren -
The Savior's atonement...is intimate as well as infinite.
-- Merrill J. Bateman -
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The atonement was an intimate, personal experience in which Jesus came to know how to help each of us.
-- Merrill J. Bateman -
If you feel guilty or quietly ashamed, seek the power of the Atonement.
-- Neill F. Marriott -
God judges us on the basis of the miraculous atonement by the Cross of Christ.
-- Oswald Chambers -
The atonement, or forgiveness of sin once and for all achieved on the cross, weighs in, and heavily. But the atonement is confirmed, ratified, sealed, and made enduringly good by virtue of Christ's rising from death. Our justification hinges on a risen life, present in us now because Christ is present with us now.
-- Paul F. M. Zahl -
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Even with the trials of life, because of the Savior's Atonement and his grace, righteous living will be rewarded with personal peace.
-- Quentin L. Cook -
Rationalization for bad choices will not be effective, but repentance will. Those who repent will be particularly blessed by the Atonement.
-- Quentin L. Cook -
It is by virtue of the atonement that God can maintain His justice and yet demonstrate His mercy...
-- R. C. Sproul -
Peace is the precious fruit of a righteous life. It is possible because of the Atonement of the Savior. It is earned through full repentance, for that leads to refreshing forgiveness.
-- Richard G. Scott -
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But the witness of the substitutionary atonement of Jesus is that God's most difficult promise has been kept.
-- Sheila Walsh -
The extent of the atonement is defined by the intent of the atonement.
-- Steve Lawson -
Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough.
-- Ted ChiangSource : Ted Chiang (2007). “The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate”, Subterranean
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Because of the Saviors Atonement, repentance is a beautiful word and a marvelous refuge.
-- Theodore M. Burton -
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The term ‘reconciliation’ describes the atonement as springing from the initiative of God Himself.
-- Geerhardus Vos -
When we strive to keep the commandments of God, repenting of our sins and promising our best efforts to follow the Savior, we begin to grow in confidence that through the Atonement everything will be all right.
-- Wilford W. Andersen