O [Roman] people be ashamed; be ashamed of your lives. Almost no cities are free of evil dens, are altogether free of impurities, except the cities in which the barbarians have begun to live...Let nobody think otherwise, the vices of our bad lives have alone conquered us...The Goths lie, but are chaste, the Franks lie, but are but are generous, the Saxons are savage in cruelty...but are admirable in chastity...what hope can there be [for the Romans] when the barbarians are more pure [than they]?"-Salvian

We are all sinners who have been saved by Grace. We have not been saved from sinning, but we have been redeemed despite it".~ R. Alan Woods [2012]

When we use the word __in,_ we usually think of our misdeeds__ctions or habits we know are wrong. But those are specific sins, and they are the result of sin, the deeper spiritual disease that infects our souls. Sin is the cause; sins are the effect.Sin is the tree; sins are the fruit. Sin is the disease; sins are the symptoms.

[The Bible] warns us about __he little foxes, that spoil the vines_ [Song of Solomon 2:15 KJV]. This is a picture of the way __ittle_ sinscan destroy our fruitfulness for the Lord.

There are many new sinners today, but there aren__ any new sins, just the old ones clothed in different rags.

All writers of confessions from Augustine on down, have always remained a little in love with their sins.