{"query": "Devotional: Belief Statement on Sin, Salvation, and Homosexu", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_234d9306cebe", "title": "Devotional: Belief Statement on Sin, Salvation, and Homosexuality", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Salvation comes before behavior change; the Holy Spirit begins transformation after salvation, which may take time. The Church should be open to that process but maintain standards for leadership — no"}, {"id": "card_n_6cb382b0b203", "title": "Easton: Sin-offering", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. hattath), the law of, is given in detail in Lev. 4-6:13; 9:7-11, 22-24; 12:6-8; 15:2, 14, 25-30; 14:19, 31; Num. 6:10-14. On the day of Atonement it was made with special solemnity (Lev. 16:5, 1"}, {"id": "card_n_b487d6767744", "title": "Pirkei Avot §avot_05_18: Whoever causes the multitudes to be righteous, sin will not occur on his acco...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Whoever causes the multitudes to be righteous, sin will not occur on his account; And whoever causes the multitudes to sin, they do not give him the ability to repent. Moses was righteous and caused t"}, {"id": "card_n_19b10fa2e595", "title": "Leviticus 16", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they came near before the LORD, and died;\n2. and the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at just any time"}, {"id": "card_n_ae09dfcc18ad", "title": "Polycarp to the Philippians XII", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "For I trust that ye are well versed in the sacred Scriptures, and that nothing is hid from you; but to me this privilege is not yet granted. It is declared then in these Scriptures, “Be ye angry, and "}, {"id": "card_n_19079c10b24d", "title": "Sermon on the Mount §som_20_wise_and_foolish_builders: \"Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will like...", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "\"Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock. The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on th"}, {"id": "card_n_274b6d3e5275", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_55: O Lord my God, who hast created me after thine own image and similitude, gran...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "O Lord my God, who hast created me after thine own image and similitude, grant me this grace, which Thou hast shown to be so great and so necessary for salvation, that I may conquer my wicked nature, "}, {"id": "card_n_1d3923aa7428", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_05_004: For with their understanding and wit, which Thou bestowedst on them, they sea...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "For with their understanding and wit, which Thou bestowedst on them, they search out these things; and much have they found out; and foretold, many years before, eclipses of those luminaries, the sun "}, {"id": "card_n_7f2f52140183", "title": "Devotional: Restoration", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "God created us to live in love. In love with Him, those around us, and our environment. We were programmed for that state, but the world has corrupted that programming. Sin is a virus in the code. It "}, {"id": "card_n_da3fcc4964a7", "title": "Devotional: Reflection: Between the Shortest and Longest", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Between the shortest and longest chapters in the Bible (Psalm 117 and Psalm 119) lies Psalm 118, which centers on salvation through the rejected cornerstone — Jesus Christ.\n\nPsalm 117 is the call for "}, {"id": "card_n_dec5b14dc67b", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_01_001: Great art Thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Thy power, and Th...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Great art Thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Thy power, and Thy wisdom infinite. And Thee would man praise; man, but a particle of Thy creation; man, that bears about him his mortality,"}, {"id": "card_n_ebf734c6d3cc", "title": "The Nicene Creed", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe in one God, the Father almighty,\nmaker of heaven and earth,\nof all things visible and invisible.\n\nAnd in one Lord Jesus Christ,\nthe only-begotten Son of God,\nbegotten of the Father before a"}, {"id": "card_n_8d6f74a722e4", "title": "Psalm 32 — Blessed is He Whose Sin is Forgiven", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "<<By David. A contemplative psalm.>> Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn't impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit. "}, {"id": "card_n_a1e139e121f7", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_09_010: I further read, Be angry, and sin not.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "I further read, Be angry, and sin not. And how was I moved, O my God, who had now learned to be angry at myself for things past, that I might not sin in time to come! Yea, to be justly angry; for that"}, {"id": "card_n_2fa7e2abe99b", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_04_020: These things I then knew not, and I loved these lower beauties, and I was sin...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "These things I then knew not, and I loved these lower beauties, and I was sinking to the very depths, and to my friends I said, \"Do we love any thing but the beautiful? What then is the beautiful? and"}, {"id": "card_n_1c57a5f5e006", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_04_09: The Voice of the Disciple Lord, all that is in the heaven and in the earth is...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The Voice of the Disciple Lord, all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine.(1) I desire to offer myself up unto thee as a freewill offering, and to continue Thine for ever. Lord, in the uprig"}, {"id": "card_n_5232a0af5850", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_11_034: Courage, my mind, and press on mightily.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Courage, my mind, and press on mightily. God is our helper, He made us, and not we ourselves. Press on where truth begins to dawn. Suppose, now, the voice of a body begins to sound, and does sound, an"}, {"id": "card_n_7b34ae38a3c0", "title": "Psalm 51 — A Broken and Contrite Heart", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "<<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.>> Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitu"}, {"id": "card_n_f157633186e4", "title": "Devotional: Reflection on Psalm 117:1–2", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Praise the LORD, all nations! Glorify Him, all peoples! For His faithful love to us is great; the LORD’s faithfulness endures forever. Hallelujah!\n\nThis psalm, though the shortest, holds the highest c"}, {"id": "card_n_d186ec88bbd9", "title": "Easton: Forgiveness of sin", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One of the constituent parts of justification. In pardoning sin, God absolves the sinner from the condemnation of the law, and that on account of the work of Christ, i.e., he removes the guilt of sin,"}]}